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門神

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See also: 门神

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	God; unusual; mysterious God; unusual; mysterious; soul; spirit; divine essence; lively; spiritual being
trad. (門神)		門	神
simp. (门神)		门	神
anagram		神門／神门

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門神 (Written Standard Chinese^?)
menshen (English)

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): ménshén

(Zhuyin): ㄇㄣˊ ㄕㄣˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): mun⁴ san⁴
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): mùn-sṳ̀n
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): mn̂g-sîn / mûi-sîn

(Teochew, Peng'im): mung⁵ sêng⁵
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁶men-zen

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: ménshén
  - Zhuyin: ㄇㄣˊ ㄕㄣˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: ménshén
  - Wade–Giles: mên²-shên²
  - Yale: mén-shén
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: menshern
  - Palladius: мэньшэнь (mɛnʹšɛnʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mən³⁵ ʂən³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: mun⁴ san⁴
  - Yale: mùhn sàhn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: mun⁴ san⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: mun⁴ sen⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /muːn²¹ sɐn²¹/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: mùn-sṳ̀n
  - Hakka Romanization System: mun^ˇ siin^ˇ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: mun² sin²
  - Sinological IPA: /mun¹¹ sɨn¹¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: mn̂g-sîn
  - Tâi-lô: mn̂g-sîn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: mngsiin
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /mŋ̍²³⁻³³ sin²³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /mŋ̍²⁴⁻¹¹ sin²⁴/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Quanzhou): /mŋ̍²⁴⁻²² sin²⁴/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, Penang)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: mûi-sîn
  - Tâi-lô: muî-sîn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: muisiin
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /muĩ¹³⁻²² sin¹³/
  - IPA (Penang): /mui²³⁻²¹ sin²³/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: mung⁵ sêng⁵
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: mûng sêng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /muŋ⁵⁵⁻¹¹ seŋ⁵⁵/

Note: Jieyang.

Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ⁶men-zen
  - MiniDict: men^去 zen
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³men-zen
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /mən²² zən⁴⁴/

Noun

門神

(Chinese folk religion) door god (Chinese deity thought to protect against from evil spirits)

Synonyms

(Hokkien) 戶尉／户尉, 門尪／门尪

Derived terms

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