門庭

Chinese

		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	court; courtyard
trad. (門庭)		門	庭
simp. (门庭)		门	庭

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): méntíng

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄣˊ ㄊㄧㄥˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): mun⁴ ting⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: méntíng
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄣˊ ㄊㄧㄥˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: méntíng
    • Wade–Giles: mên²-tʻing²
    • Yale: mén-tíng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mentyng
    • Palladius: мэньтин (mɛnʹtin)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mən³⁵ tʰiŋ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: mun⁴ ting⁴
    • Yale: mùhn tìhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: mun⁴ ting⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: mun⁴ ting⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /muːn²¹ tʰɪŋ²¹/

Noun

門庭

1. (literary, literally) front door and front yard
2. (literary, figurative) family status; family

Derived terms

• 改換門庭／改换门庭
• 門庭若市／门庭若市 (méntíngruòshì)
• 門庭赫奕／门庭赫奕