門對

門對

Chinese

		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)	couple; pair; to be opposite couple; pair; to be opposite; to oppose; to face; for; to; correct (answer); to answer; to reply; to direct (towards sth); right
trad. (門對)		門	對
simp. (门对)		门	对
anagram		對門／对门

Pronunciation

• Min Nan (POJ): mûi-tùi

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• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: mûi-tùi
    • Tâi-lô: muî-tuì
    • Phofsit Daibuun: mui'duix
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /muĩ¹³⁻²² tui²¹/

Noun

門對

1. (Zhangzhou Hokkien) antithetical couplet, often consisting of two lines of verse written vertically down the opposing sides of a doorway

Synonyms

• 對聯／对联 (duìlián)
• 吊子 (diàozi)
• (Min Nan) 聯對／联对