北門

See also: 北门

Chinese

		north	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. (北門)		北	門
simp. (北门)		北	门

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): běimén

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄟˇ ㄇㄣˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bak¹ mun⁴
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): pet-mùn
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): Pak-mn̂g

  (Teochew, Peng'im): bag⁴ mung⁵ / bag⁴ meng⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: běimén
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄟˇ ㄇㄣˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: běimén
    • Wade–Giles: pei³-mên²
    • Yale: běi-mén
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: beeimen
    • Palladius: бэймэнь (bɛjmɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /peɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ mən³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: bak¹ mun⁴
    • Yale: bāk mùhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bak⁷ mun⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: beg¹ mun⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɐk̚⁵ muːn²¹/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: pet-mùn
    • Hakka Romanization System: bed` munˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: bed⁵ mun²
    • Sinological IPA: /pet̚² mun¹¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Pak-mn̂g
    • Tâi-lô: Pak-mn̂g
    • Phofsit Daibuun: pakmngg
    • IPA (Xiamen): /pak̚³²⁻⁴ mŋ̍²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /pak̚⁵⁻²⁴ mŋ̍²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /pak̚³²⁻⁵ mŋ̍¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /pak̚³²⁻⁴ mŋ̍²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /pak̚³²⁻⁴ mŋ̍²³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: bag⁴ mung⁵ / bag⁴ meng⁵
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: pak mûng / pak mṳ̂ng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pak̚²⁻⁴ muŋ⁵⁵/, /pak̚²⁻⁴ mɯŋ⁵⁵/

Noun

北門

1. (archaic) north gate of a walled city

Derived terms

• 北門之嘆／北门之叹
• 北門南牙／北门南牙
• 北門鎖鑰／北门锁钥

 

Proper noun

北門

1. (～區) Beimen (a district of Tainan, Taiwan)
2. (～社區, formerly ～村) Beimen (a residential community in Dadeng, Xiang'an district, Xiamen, Fujian, China, formerly a village)
3. (～村) Beimen (a village in Tancheng, Pingtan, Fuzhou, Fujian, China)
4. Northgate (a neighborhood of Seattle, Washington, United States)

Coordinate terms

• 東門／东门 (dōngmén)
• 南門／南门 (nánmén)
• 西門／西门 (xīmén)