掌門

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; phylum or division (taxonomy)
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

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: zhǎngmén
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄤˇ ㄇㄣˊ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jaangmen
    • IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂɑŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ mən³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: zoeng² mun⁴
    • Yale: jéung mùhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzoeng² mun⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: zêng² mun⁴
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡ʃœ̽ːŋ³⁵ muːn²¹/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chóng-mùn
    • Hakka Romanization System: zong` munˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: zong³ mun²
    • IPA: /t͡soŋ³¹ mun¹¹/

Noun

掌門

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

Derived terms

掌門人／掌门人 (zhǎngménrén)