前門

See also: 前门

Chinese

		front, forepart; in front; past front, forepart; in front; past; former; previous; last; before; preceding; earlier; ago; future; time ahead; first; top; battlefront; to move forward	opening; door; gate opening; door; gate; doorway; gateway; valve; switch; way to do something; knack; family; house; (religious) sect; school (of thought); class; category; phylum or division (taxonomy)
trad. (前門)		前	門
simp. (前门)		前	门
anagram		門前／门前

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): qiánmén

(Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄢˊ ㄇㄣˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): cin⁴ mun^4-2
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chhièn-mùn
Min Nan (POJ): chêng-mn̂g

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: qiánmén
  - Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄢˊ ㄇㄣˊ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chyanmen
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn³⁵ mən³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
  - Pinyin: qiánménr
  - Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄢˊ ㄇㄣˊㄦ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chyanmel
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn³⁵ məɻ³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: cin⁴ mun^4-2
  - Yale: chìhn mún
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tsin⁴ mun^4-2
  - Guangdong Romanization: qin⁴ mun²
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰiːn²¹ muːn²¹⁻³⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chhièn-mùn
  - Hakka Romanization System: qienˇ munˇ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: qian² mun²
  - IPA: /t͡ɕʰi̯en¹¹ mun¹¹/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chêng-mn̂g
  - Tâi-lô: tsîng-mn̂g
  - Phofsit Daibuun: zengmngg
  - IPA (Xiamen): /t͡ɕiɪŋ²⁴⁻²² mŋ̍²⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡ɕiɪŋ²⁴⁻²² mŋ̍²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡ɕiɪŋ¹³⁻²² mŋ̍¹³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /t͡ɕiɪŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ mŋ̍²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡ɕiɪŋ²³⁻³³ mŋ̍²³/

Noun

前門

front door; front gate

Antonyms

後門／后门 (hòumén)

Proper noun

前門

(informal) Alternative name for 正陽門／正阳门 (Zhèngyángmén).

Japanese

Kanji in this term
前	門
ぜん Grade: 2	もん Grade: 2
on’yomi

Pronunciation

On’yomi
- IPA^(key): [d͡zẽ̞mːõ̞ɴ]

Noun

前門 (hiragana ぜんもん, rōmaji zenmon)

a front gate
(figuratively) the vagina, in contrast to 後門 (kōmon, “back gate”, figurative for anus)

Idioms

前 (ぜん)門 (もん)に虎 (とら)を防 (ふせ)ぎ後 (こう)門 (もん)に狼 (おおかみ)を進 (すす)む (zenmon ni tora o fusegi kōmon ni ōkami o susumu): "blocking a tiger at the front gate, [but] letting a wolf proceed at the back gate" → caught between the devil and the deep blue sea
前 (ぜん)門 (もん)の虎 (とら)、後 (こう)門 (もん)の狼 (おおかみ) (zenmon no tora, kōmon no ōkami): "tiger at the front gate, wolf at the back gate" → caught between the devil and the deep blue sea

Synonyms

(front gate, not figurative): 正 (せい)門 (もん) (seimon)
(literal and figurative): 表門 (おもてもん) (omotemon)

Antonyms

(literal and figurative): 後 (こう)門 (もん) (kōmon)
(literal and figurative): 裏門 (うらもん) (uramon)

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