玉門

玉門

See also: 玉门

Chinese

		jade	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. (玉門)		玉	門
simp. (玉门)		玉	门

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yùmén

  (Zhuyin): ㄩˋ ㄇㄣˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): juk⁶ mun⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yùmén
    • Zhuyin: ㄩˋ ㄇㄣˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yùmén
    • Wade–Giles: yü⁴-mên²
    • Yale: yù-mén
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yuhmen
    • Palladius: юймэнь (jujmɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /y⁵¹ mən³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: juk⁶ mun⁴
    • Yale: yuhk mùhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: juk⁹ mun⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: yug⁶ mun⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jʊk̚² muːn²¹/

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• Middle Chinese: /ŋɨok̚  muən/

Rime
Character	玉	門
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	疑 (31)	明 (4)
Final (韻)	鍾 (8)	魂 (55)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Closed
Division (等)	III	I
Fanqie	魚欲切	莫奔切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ŋɨok̚/	/muən/
Pan Wuyun	/ŋiok̚/	/muon/
Shao Rongfen	/ŋiok̚/	/muən/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ŋuawk̚/	/mwən/
Li Rong	/ŋiok̚/	/muən/
Wang Li	/ŋĭwok̚/	/muən/
Bernard Karlgren	/ŋi̯wok̚/	/muən/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	wù	mén
Expected Cantonese Reflex	juk6	mun4

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*[ŋ](r)ok  mˤə[r]/

  (Zhengzhang): /*ŋoɡ  mɯːn/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	玉	門
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	yù	mén
Middle Chinese	‹ ngjowk ›	‹ mwon ›
Old Chinese	/*[ŋ](r)ok/ (< uvular?)	/*mˁə[r]/
English	jade	gate, door
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	玉	門
Reading #	1/1	1/1
No.	15971	8960
Phonetic component	玉	門
Rime group	屋	文
Rime subdivision	0	1
Corresponding MC rime	玉	門
Old Chinese	/*ŋoɡ/	/*mɯːn/

Noun

玉門

1. (Classical Chinese, literally) door decorated with jade
2. (Classical Chinese, figurative) palace
3. (Classical Chinese, figurative) vulva

Synonyms

• (palace):

edit

宮殿／宫殿 (gōngdiàn)

宮闕／宫阙 (gōngquè) (literary)

• (vulva): 外陰／外阴 (wàiyīn)

Proper noun

玉門

1. (～市) Yumen (a county-level city in Jiuquan, Gansu, China)
2. (～關) Yumen Pass (pass in Gansu province, China)

Derived terms

玉門甘肅鳥／玉门甘肃鸟 (Yùmén gānsùniǎo)

玉門關／玉门关 (Yùmén Guān)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (玉門):

• → Japanese: 玉(ぎょく)門(もん) (gyokumon)
• → Korean: 옥문(玉門) (ongmun)

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
玉	門
ぎょく Grade: 1	もん Grade: 2
on’yomi

Noun

玉(ぎょく)門(もん) • (gyokumon) 

1. beautifully decorated gate (euphemism for female genitalia)

Proper noun

玉(ぎょく)門(もん) • (Gyokumon) 

1. Yumen City, Gansu province, China.