後門

後門

See also: 后门

Chinese

		back; behind; rear back; behind; rear; afterwards; after; later	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. (後門)		後	門
simp. (后门)		后	门

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): hòumén

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄡˋ ㄇㄣˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hau⁶ mun^4-2
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): heu-mùn
• Min Nan (POJ): āu-mn̂g

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: hòumén
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄡˋ ㄇㄣˊ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: howmen
    • IPA ^(key): /xoʊ̯⁵¹ mən³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: hau⁶ mun^4-2
    • Yale: hauh mún
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hau⁶ mun^4-2
    • Guangdong Romanization: heo⁶ mun²
    • IPA ^(key): /hɐu̯²² muːn²¹⁻³⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: heu-mùn
    • Hakka Romanization System: heu munˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: heu⁴ mun²
    • IPA: /heu̯⁵⁵ mun¹¹/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: āu-mn̂g
    • Tâi-lô: āu-mn̂g
    • Phofsit Daibuun: auxmngg
    • IPA (Xiamen): /aʊ²²⁻²¹ mŋ̍²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /aʊ⁴¹⁻²² mŋ̍²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /aʊ²²⁻²¹ mŋ̍¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /aʊ³³⁻¹¹ mŋ̍²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /aʊ³³⁻²¹ mŋ̍²³/

Noun

後門

1. back door; back gate
2. (computing) back door
3. (figuratively) improper means; fraudulent means; way to get around something
4. (figuratively) anus

Derived terms

走後門／走后门 (zǒuhòumén)

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
後	門
こう Grade: 2	もん Grade: 2
on’yomi

Pronunciation

• On’yomi
  • IPA^(key): [ko̞ːmõ̞ɴ]

Noun

後門 (hiragana こうもん, rōmaji kōmon)

1. a back gate
2. (figuratively) the anus, as a homophone for 肛門 and in contrast to 前門 (zenmon, “front gate”, figurative for vagina)

Compounds

• 後門類 (こうもんるい) (kōmonrui): Opisthogoneata, a division of phylum Arthropoda that includes the centipedes and, in some categorizations, the insects

Synonyms

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

Antonyms

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

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Vietnamese

Hán tự in this word
後	門

Noun

後門

1. Hán tự form of hậu môn (“anus”).