閉門

Chinese

		to close; stop up; shut to close; stop up; shut; obstruct	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
trad. (閉門)		閉	門
simp. (闭门)		闭	门

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bìmén

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄧˋ ㄇㄣˊ

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

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bìmén
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄧˋ ㄇㄣˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bìmén
    • Wade–Giles: pi⁴-mên²
    • Yale: bì-mén
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bihmen
    • Palladius: бимэнь (bimɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pi⁵¹ mən³⁵/
    • Homophones:

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: bai³ mun⁴
    • Yale: bai mùhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bai³ mun⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: bei³ mun⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɐi̯³³ muːn²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pì-mn̂g
    • Tâi-lô: pì-mn̂g
    • Phofsit Daibuun: piemngg
    • IPA (Xiamen): /pi²¹⁻⁵³ mŋ̍²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /pi⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ mŋ̍²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /pi²¹⁻⁵³ mŋ̍¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /pi¹¹⁻⁵³ mŋ̍²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /pi²¹⁻⁴¹ mŋ̍²³/

Verb

閉門

1. (literary, literally) to close the door
2. (literary, figuratively) to seclude oneself; to isolate oneself

Synonyms

• (to close the door): (literary) 杜門／杜门 (dùmén)
• (to seclude oneself):

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• 辭世／辞世 (císhì) (literary)
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