西門

西門

See also: 西门

Chinese

Etymology 1

		west	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. (西門)		西	門
simp. (西门)		西	门

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xīmén

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧ ㄇㄣˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sai¹ mun⁴
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): sî-mùn
• Min Nan (POJ): se-mn̂g

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xīmén
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧ ㄇㄣˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: simén
    • Wade–Giles: hsi¹-mên²
    • Yale: syī-mén
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shimen
    • Palladius: симэнь (simɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi⁵⁵ mən³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: sai¹ mun⁴
    • Yale: sāi mùhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sai¹ mun⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: sei¹ mun⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐi̯⁵⁵ muːn²¹/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sî-mùn
    • Hakka Romanization System: xi´ munˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: xi¹ mun²
    • Sinological IPA: /ɕi²⁴ mun¹¹/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: se-mn̂g
    • Tâi-lô: se-mn̂g
    • Phofsit Daibuun: semngg
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /se⁴⁴⁻³³ mŋ̍²³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /se⁴⁴⁻³³ mŋ̍²⁴/

Noun

西門

1. (literary) west gate of a walled city

Coordinate terms

• 東門／东门 (dōngmén)
• 南門／南门 (nánmén)
• 北門／北门 (běimén)

Derived terms

西門町／西门町 (Xīméndīng)

Proper noun

西門

1. a surname

   西門慶／西门庆  ―  Xīmén Qìng  ―  Ximen Qing (character in the novels Water Margin and Jin Ping Mei)

Etymology 2

		phonetic
trad. (西門)		西	門
simp. (西门)		西	门

From Ancient Greek Σίμων (Símōn).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Xīmén

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧ ㄇㄣˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sai¹ mun⁴
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): Sî-mùn
• Min Dong (BUC): Să̤-muòng
• Min Nan (POJ): Se-bûn

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Xīmén
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧ ㄇㄣˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Simén
    • Wade–Giles: Hsi¹-mên²
    • Yale: Syī-mén
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Shimen
    • Palladius: Симэнь (Simɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi⁵⁵ mən³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: sai¹ mun⁴
    • Yale: sāi mùhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sai¹ mun⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: sei¹ mun⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐi̯⁵⁵ muːn²¹/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: Sî-mùn
    • Hakka Romanization System: xi´ munˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: xi¹ mun²
    • Sinological IPA: /ɕi²⁴ mun¹¹/
• Min Dong
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: Să̤-muòng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɛ⁵⁵ muoŋ⁵³/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Se-bûn
    • Tâi-lô: Se-bûn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: se'buun
    • IPA (Xiamen): /se⁴⁴⁻²² bun²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /se³³ bun²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /se⁴⁴⁻²² bun¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /se⁴⁴⁻³³ bun²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /se⁴⁴⁻³³ bun²³/

Proper noun

西門

1. (Protestantism or secular) Simon

Synonyms

Terms for Simon in different branches of Christianity

Branch	Words edit
Protestant	西門
Roman Catholic	西滿
Eastern Orthodox	西蒙

Etymology 3

		phonetic
trad. (西門)		西	門
simp. (西门)		西	门

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Xīmén

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧ ㄇㄣˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sai¹ mun⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Xīmén
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧ ㄇㄣˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Simén
    • Wade–Giles: Hsi¹-mên²
    • Yale: Syī-mén
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Shimen
    • Palladius: Симэнь (Simɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi⁵⁵ mən³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: sai¹ mun⁴
    • Yale: sāi mùhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sai¹ mun⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: sei¹ mun⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐi̯⁵⁵ muːn²¹/

Proper noun

西門

1. A transliteration of the German surname Siemens