寒門

Chinese

		cold; poor; to tremble	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. (寒門)		寒	門
simp. (寒门)		寒	门

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): hánmén

(Zhuyin): ㄏㄢˊ ㄇㄣˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): hon⁴ mun⁴

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: hánmén
  - Zhuyin: ㄏㄢˊ ㄇㄣˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: hánmén
  - Wade–Giles: han²-mên²
  - Yale: hán-mén
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: harnmen
  - Palladius: ханьмэнь (xanʹmɛnʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /xän³⁵ mən³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: hon⁴ mun⁴
  - Yale: hòhn mùhn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: hon⁴ mun⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: hon⁴ mun⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɔːn²¹ muːn²¹/

Noun

寒門

(literary) humble and poor family
(literary, humble) (one's own) humble home; (one's own) humble abode

Synonyms

(one's humble home): 寒舍 (hánshè)

Derived terms

寒門飲恨／寒门饮恨
白屋寒門／白屋寒门
薄祚寒門／薄祚寒门

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