竹門對竹門，木門對木門

Chinese
bamboo
 
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
 
couple; pair; to be opposite
couple; pair; to be opposite; to oppose; to face; for; to; correct (answer); to answer; to reply; to direct (towards sth); right
 bamboo
 
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
 tree; wood
 
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
 
couple; pair; to be opposite
couple; pair; to be opposite; to oppose; to face; for; to; correct (answer); to answer; to reply; to direct (towards sth); right
 tree; wood
 
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. (竹門對竹門，木門對木門) 竹 門 對 竹 門 ， 木 門 對 木 門
simp. (竹门对竹门，木门对木门) 竹 门 对 竹 门 ， 木 门 对 木 门
alternative forms 木門對木門，竹門對竹門／木门对木门，竹门对竹门

Pronunciation

  • Mandarin
    (Pinyin): zhúmén duì zhúmén, mùmén duì mùmén
    (Zhuyin): ㄓㄨˊ ㄇㄣˊ ㄉㄨㄟˋ ㄓㄨˊ ㄇㄣˊ , ㄇㄨˋ ㄇㄣˊ ㄉㄨㄟˋ ㄇㄨˋ ㄇㄣˊ
  • Cantonese (Jyutping): zuk1 mun4 deoi3 zuk1 mun4, muk6 mun4 deoi3 muk6 mun4
  • Mandarin
    • (Standard Chinese)+
      • Hanyu Pinyin: zhúmén duì zhúmén, mùmén duì mùmén
      • Zhuyin: ㄓㄨˊ ㄇㄣˊ ㄉㄨㄟˋ ㄓㄨˊ ㄇㄣˊ , ㄇㄨˋ ㄇㄣˊ ㄉㄨㄟˋ ㄇㄨˋ ㄇㄣˊ
      • Tongyong Pinyin: jhúmén duèi jhúmén, mùmén duèi mùmén
      • Wade–Giles: chu2-mên2 tui4 chu2-mên2, mu4-mên2 tui4 mu4-mên2
      • Yale: jú-mén dwèi jú-mén-, mù-mén dwèi mù-mén
      • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jwumen duey jwumen, muhmen duey muhmen
      • Palladius: чжумэнь дуй чжумэнь, мумэнь дуй мумэнь (čžumɛnʹ duj čžumɛnʹ, mumɛnʹ duj mumɛnʹ)
      • Sinological IPA (key): /ʈ͡ʂu³⁵ mən³⁵ tu̯eɪ̯⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂu³⁵ mən³⁵ mu⁵¹ mən³⁵ tu̯eɪ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ mu⁵¹ mən³⁵/
  • Cantonese

Idiom

竹門對竹門，木門對木門

  1. (of the families of the male and female in a marriage) to be well-matched in terms of socio-economic status (for purposes of marriage); to have similar family backgrounds

Synonyms
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