暖簾

暖簾

Chinese

		warm; toasty	curtain
trad. (暖簾)		暖	簾
simp. (暖帘)		暖	帘

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): nuǎnlián

  (Zhuyin): ㄋㄨㄢˇ ㄌㄧㄢˊ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: nuǎnlián
    • Zhuyin: ㄋㄨㄢˇ ㄌㄧㄢˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: nuǎnlián
    • Wade–Giles: nuan³-lien²
    • Yale: nwǎn-lyán
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: noanlian
    • Palladius: нуаньлянь (nuanʹljanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /nwän²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ ljɛn³⁵/

Noun

暖簾

1. quilted door curtain

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Japanese

暖簾 (noren)

縄暖簾 (nawa-noren, cord noren)

Kanji in this term
暖	簾
のん > の Grade: 6	れん Jinmeiyō
on’yomi

Etymology

/nonren/ → /nouren/ → /noren/[1]

Pronunciation

• (Irregular reading)
• (Tokyo) のれん [nòréń] (Heiban – [0])[1]
• IPA^(key): [no̞ɾẽ̞ɴ]

Noun

暖(の)簾(れん) • (noren) 

1. curtain hung in doorways, etc. typically found in shops
2. (business) goodwill, community standing (intangible benefits derived from a positive reputation)

Derived terms

• 暖簾(のれん)に腕(うで)押(お)し (noren ni ude oshi)
• 暖簾(のれん)を下(お)ろす (noren o orosu)
• 暖簾(のれん)を分(わ)ける (noren o wakeru)
• 縄(なわ)暖簾(のれん) (nawanoren)

References

1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN