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門楣

門楣

See also: 门楣

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; phylum or division (taxonomy)	lintel
trad. (門楣)		門	楣
simp. (门楣)		门	楣

Noun

門楣

lintel (of a door)
social status (of one's family)

Synonyms

(social status of one's family): 門第／门第 (méndì)

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): ménméi

(Zhuyin): ㄇㄣˊ ㄇㄟˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): mun⁴ mei⁴
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): mùn-mì
Min Nan (POJ): mn̂g-bâi

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: ménméi
  - Zhuyin: ㄇㄣˊ ㄇㄟˊ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: menmei
  - IPA ^(key): /mən³⁵ meɪ̯³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: mun⁴ mei⁴
  - Yale: mùhn mèih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: mun⁴ mei⁴
  - IPA ^(key): /muːn²¹ mei̯²¹/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: mùn-mì
  - Hakka Romanization System: munˇ miˇ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: mun² mi²
  - IPA: /mun¹¹ mi¹¹/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: mn̂g-bâi
  - Tâi-lô: mn̂g-bâi
  - Phofsit Daibuun: mngbaai
  - IPA (Xiamen): /mŋ̍²⁴⁻²² baɪ²⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /mŋ̍²⁴⁻²² baɪ²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /mŋ̍¹³⁻²² baɪ¹³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /mŋ̍²⁴⁻¹¹ baɪ²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /mŋ̍²³⁻³³ baɪ²³/