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門閂

門閂

See also: 门闩

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)	to bolt
trad. (門閂)		門	閂
simp. (门闩)		门	闩
anagram		閂門／闩门

Noun

門閂

latch (fastening for a door)

Synonyms

門釦／门扣 (ménkòu)

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): ménshuān

(Zhuyin): ㄇㄣˊ ㄕㄨㄢ
Cantonese (Jyutping): mun⁴ saan¹
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): mùn-chhôn
Min Nan (POJ): mn̂g-chhòaⁿ / mûi-chhòaⁿ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: ménshuān
  - Zhuyin: ㄇㄣˊ ㄕㄨㄢ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: menshuan
  - IPA ^(key): /mən³⁵ ʂu̯a̠n⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: mun⁴ saan¹
  - Yale: mùhn sāan
  - Cantonese Pinyin: mun⁴ saan¹
  - IPA ^(key): /muːn²¹ sɑːn⁵⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: mùn-chhôn
  - Hakka Romanization System: munˇ con´
  - Hagfa Pinyim: mun² con¹
  - IPA: /mun¹¹ t͡sʰon²⁴/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, mainstream Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: mn̂g-chhòaⁿ
  - Tâi-lô: mn̂g-tshuànn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: mngzhvoax
  - IPA (Xiamen): /mŋ̍²⁴⁻²² t͡sʰuã²¹/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /mŋ̍²⁴⁻²² t͡sʰuã⁴¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /mŋ̍²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡sʰuã¹¹/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /mŋ̍²³⁻³³ t͡sʰuã²¹/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: mûi-chhòaⁿ
  - Tâi-lô: muî-tshuànn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: muizhvoax
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /mui¹³⁻²² t͡sʰuã²¹/