西門

See also: 西门

Chinese

Etymology 1

		west	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. (西門)		西	門
simp. (西门)		西	门

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): xīmén

(Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄇㄣˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): sai¹ mun⁴
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): sî-mùn
Min Nan (POJ): se-mn̂g

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: xīmén
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄇㄣˊ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shimen
  - IPA ^(key): /ɕi⁵⁵ mən³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: sai¹ mun⁴
  - Yale: sāi mùhn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: sai¹ mun⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: sei¹ mun⁴
  - IPA ^(key): /sɐi̯⁵⁵ muːn²¹/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sî-mùn
  - Hakka Romanization System: xi´ munˇ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: xi¹ mun²
  - IPA: /ɕi²⁴ mun¹¹/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: se-mn̂g
  - Tâi-lô: se-mn̂g
  - Phofsit Daibuun: semngg
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /se⁴⁴⁻³³ mŋ̍²³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /se⁴⁴⁻³³ mŋ̍²⁴/

Noun

西門

(literary) west gate of a walled city

Derived terms

西門町／西门町 (Xīméndīng)

Proper noun

西門

A surname.

Etymology 2

		phonetic
trad. (西門)		西	門
simp. (西门)		西	门

From Ancient Greek Σίμων (Símōn).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): Xīmén

(Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄇㄣˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): sai¹ mun⁴
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): Sî-mùn
Min Nan (POJ): Se-bûn

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: Xīmén
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄇㄣˊ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Shimen
  - IPA ^(key): /ɕi⁵⁵ mən³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: sai¹ mun⁴
  - Yale: sāi mùhn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: sai¹ mun⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: sei¹ mun⁴
  - IPA ^(key): /sɐi̯⁵⁵ muːn²¹/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: Sî-mùn
  - Hakka Romanization System: xi´ munˇ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: xi¹ mun²
  - IPA: /ɕi²⁴ mun¹¹/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Se-bûn
  - Tâi-lô: Se-bûn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: se'buun
  - IPA (Xiamen): /se⁴⁴⁻²² bun²⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /se³³ bun²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /se⁴⁴⁻²² bun¹³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /se⁴⁴⁻³³ bun²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /se⁴⁴⁻³³ bun²³/

Proper noun

西門

Simon

Synonyms

(Catholic) 西滿／西满 (Xīmǎn)

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