門神

門神

See also: 门神

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)	God; unusual; mysterious God; unusual; mysterious; soul; spirit; divine essence; lively; spiritual being
trad. (門神)		門	神
simp. (门神)		门	神
anagram		神門／神门

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): ménshén

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄣˊ ㄕㄣˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): mun⁴ san⁴
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): mùn-sṳ̀n
• Min Nan

  (Hokkien, POJ): mn̂g-sîn / mûi-sîn

  (Teochew, Peng'im): mung⁵ sêng⁵

• Wu (Wiktionary): men zen (T3)

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: ménshén
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄣˊ ㄕㄣˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: ménshén
    • Wade–Giles: mên²-shên²
    • Yale: mén-shén
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: menshern
    • Palladius: мэньшэнь (mɛnʹšɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mən³⁵ ʂən³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: mun⁴ san⁴
    • Yale: mùhn sàhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: mun⁴ san⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: mun⁴ sen⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /muːn²¹ sɐn²¹/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: mùn-sṳ̀n
    • Hakka Romanization System: munˇ siinˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: mun² sin²
    • Sinological IPA: /mun¹¹ sɨn¹¹/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: mn̂g-sîn
    • Tâi-lô: mn̂g-sîn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: mngsiin
    • IPA (Xiamen, Quanzhou): /mŋ̍²⁴⁻²² ɕin²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /mŋ̍²³⁻³³ ɕin²³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /mŋ̍²⁴⁻¹¹ ɕin²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, Penang)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: mûi-sîn
    • Tâi-lô: muî-sîn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: muisiin
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /muĩ¹³⁻²² ɕin¹³/
    • IPA (Penang): /mui²³⁻²¹ ɕin²³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: mung⁵ sêng⁵
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: mûng sêng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /muŋ⁵⁵⁻¹¹ seŋ⁵⁵/

Note: Jieyang.

• Wu
  • (Shanghainese)
    • Wiktionary: men zen (T3)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /məɲ²² z̥əɲ⁴⁴/

Noun

門神

1. (Chinese folk religion) door god (Chinese deity thought to protect against from evil spirits)

Synonyms

• (Min Nan) 戶尉／户尉, 門尪／门尪

Derived terms

反貼門神／反贴门神 正月十六貼門神／正月十六贴门神 糊門神／糊门神

門神將軍／门神将军 門神戶尉／门神户尉 門神裡邊捲灶爺／门神里边卷灶爷