閉門羹

Chinese

		to close the door; to seclude oneself; to isolate oneself	soup
trad. (閉門羹)		閉門	羹
simp. (闭门羹)		闭门	羹
Literally: “closed-door soup”.

Etymology

See the etymology at 吃閉門羹／吃闭门羹 (chī bìméngēng).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bìméngēng

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄧˋ ㄇㄣˊ ㄍㄥ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bai³ mun⁴ gang¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): pì-mn̂g-keⁿ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bìméngēng
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄧˋ ㄇㄣˊ ㄍㄥ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bìméngeng
    • Wade–Giles: pi⁴-mên²-kêng¹
    • Yale: bì-mén-gēng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bihmengeng
    • Palladius: бимэньгэн (bimɛnʹgɛn)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pi⁵¹ mən³⁵ kɤŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: bai³ mun⁴ gang¹
    • Yale: bai mùhn gāng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bai³ mun⁴ gang¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: bei³ mun⁴ geng¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɐi̯³³ muːn²¹ kɐŋ⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pì-mn̂g-keⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: pì-mn̂g-kenn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: piemngkvef
    • IPA (Xiamen): /pi²¹⁻⁵³ mŋ̍²⁴⁻²² kẽ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /pi⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ mŋ̍²⁴⁻²² kẽ³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /pi²¹⁻⁵³ mŋ̍¹³⁻²² kɛ̃⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /pi¹¹⁻⁵³ mŋ̍²⁴⁻¹¹ kẽ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /pi²¹⁻⁴¹ mŋ̍²³⁻³³ kẽ⁴⁴/

Noun

(deprecated template usage) 閉門羹

1. denial of entrance