寒門

Chinese

		cold; poor; to tremble	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. (寒門)		寒	門
simp. (寒门)		寒	门

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): hánmén

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄢˊ ㄇㄣˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hon⁴ mun⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: hánmén
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄢˊ ㄇㄣˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: hánmén
    • Wade–Giles: han²-mên²
    • Yale: hán-mén
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: harnmen
    • Palladius: ханьмэнь (xanʹmɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xän³⁵ mən³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: hon⁴ mun⁴
    • Yale: hòhn mùhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hon⁴ mun⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: hon⁴ mun⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɔːn²¹ muːn²¹/

Noun

寒門

1. (literary) humble and poor family
2. (literary, humble) (one's own) humble home; (one's own) humble abode

Synonyms

• (one's humble home): 寒舍 (hánshè)

Derived terms

• 寒門飲恨／寒门饮恨
• 白屋寒門／白屋寒门
• 薄祚寒門／薄祚寒门