掌門

Chinese

		palm (of hand); in charge of	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. (掌門)		掌	門
simp. (掌门)		掌	门

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): zhǎngmén

(Zhuyin): ㄓㄤˇ ㄇㄣˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): zoeng² mun⁴
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chóng-mùn

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: zhǎngmén
  - Zhuyin: ㄓㄤˇ ㄇㄣˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: jhǎngmén
  - Wade–Giles: chang³-mên²
  - Yale: jǎng-mén
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jaangmen
  - Palladius: чжанмэнь (čžanmɛnʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂɑŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹ mən³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: zoeng² mun⁴
  - Yale: jéung mùhn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dzoeng² mun⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: zêng² mun⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sœːŋ³⁵ muːn²¹/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chóng-mùn
  - Hakka Romanization System: zong` munˇ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: zong³ mun²
  - Sinological IPA: /t͡soŋ³¹ mun¹¹/

Noun

掌門

head of a martial arts school
leader (in a certain field); boss; head

Derived terms

掌門人／掌门人 (zhǎngménrén)

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