門聯

Chinese

		opening; door; gate opening; door; gate; doorway; gateway; valve; switch; way to do something; knack; family; house; (religious) sect; school (of thought); class; category; (taxonomy) phylum or division	to ally; to unite; to join
trad. (門聯)		門	聯
simp. (门联)		门	联

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): ménlián

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄣˊ ㄌㄧㄢˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): mun⁴ lyun⁴
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): mn̂g-liân / mûi-liân

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: ménlián
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄣˊ ㄌㄧㄢˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: ménlián
    • Wade–Giles: mên²-lien²
    • Yale: mén-lyán
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: menlian
    • Palladius: мэньлянь (mɛnʹljanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mən³⁵ li̯ɛn³⁵/
    • Homophones:

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: mun⁴ lyun⁴
    • Yale: mùhn lyùhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: mun⁴ lyn⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: mun⁴ lün⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /muːn²¹ lyːn²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, General Taiwanese, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: mn̂g-liân
    • Tâi-lô: mn̂g-liân
    • Phofsit Daibuun: mnglieen
    • IPA (Quanzhou, Xiamen): /mŋ̍²⁴⁻²² liɛn²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /mŋ̍²³⁻³³ liɛn²³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /mŋ̍²⁴⁻¹¹ liɛn²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: mûi-liân
    • Tâi-lô: muî-liân
    • Phofsit Daibuun: muilieen
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /muĩ¹³⁻²² liɛn¹³/

Noun

(deprecated template usage) 門聯

1. scrolls pasted on either side of the door forming a couplet; gatepost couplet

See also

• 春聯／春联 (chūnlián)