前門

前門

See also: 前门

Chinese

		front, forepart; in front; past front, forepart; in front; past; former; previous; last; before; preceding; earlier; ago; future; time ahead; first; top; battlefront; to move forward	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)
trad. (前門)		前	門
simp. (前门)		前	门
anagram		門前／门前

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): qiánmén

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄢˊ ㄇㄣˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): cin⁴ mun^4-2
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chhièn-mùn
• Min Nan (POJ): chêng-mn̂g

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: qiánmén
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄢˊ ㄇㄣˊ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chyanmen
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn³⁵ mən³⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
    • Pinyin: qiánménr
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄢˊ ㄇㄣˊㄦ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chyanmel
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn³⁵ məɻ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: cin⁴ mun^4-2
    • Yale: chìhn mún
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsin⁴ mun^4-2
    • Guangdong Romanization: qin⁴ mun²
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰiːn²¹ muːn²¹⁻³⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chhièn-mùn
    • Hakka Romanization System: qienˇ munˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: qian² mun²
    • IPA: /t͡ɕʰi̯en¹¹ mun¹¹/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chêng-mn̂g
    • Tâi-lô: tsîng-mn̂g
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zengmngg
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡ɕiɪŋ²⁴⁻²² mŋ̍²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡ɕiɪŋ²⁴⁻²² mŋ̍²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡ɕiɪŋ¹³⁻²² mŋ̍¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡ɕiɪŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ mŋ̍²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡ɕiɪŋ²³⁻³³ mŋ̍²³/

Noun

前門

1. front door; front gate

Antonyms

• 後門／后门 (hòumén)

Proper noun

前門

1. (informal) Alternative name for 正陽門／正阳门 (Zhèngyángmén).

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
前	門
ぜん Grade: 2	もん Grade: 2
on’yomi

Pronunciation

• On’yomi
  • IPA^(key): [d͡zẽ̞mːõ̞ɴ]

Noun

前門 (hiragana ぜんもん, rōmaji zenmon)

1. a front gate
2. (figuratively) the vagina, in contrast to 後門 (kōmon, “back gate”, figurative for anus)

Idioms

• 前 (ぜん)門 (もん)に虎 (とら)を防 (ふせ)ぎ後 (こう)門 (もん)に狼 (おおかみ)を進 (すす)む (zenmon ni tora o fusegi kōmon ni ōkami o susumu): "blocking a tiger at the front gate, [but] letting a wolf proceed at the back gate" → caught between the devil and the deep blue sea
• 前 (ぜん)門 (もん)の虎 (とら)、後 (こう)門 (もん)の狼 (おおかみ) (zenmon no tora, kōmon no ōkami): "tiger at the front gate, wolf at the back gate" → caught between the devil and the deep blue sea

Synonyms

• (front gate, not figurative): 正 (せい)門 (もん) (seimon)
• (literal and figurative): 表門 (おもてもん) (omotemon)

Antonyms

• (literal and figurative): 後 (こう)門 (もん) (kōmon)
• (literal and figurative): 裏門 (うらもん) (uramon)