青瑣門

青瑣門

See also: 青琐门

Chinese

		green (blue, black); Qinghai province (abbrev.)	fragmentary; trifling	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. (青瑣門)		青	瑣	門
simp. (青琐门)		青	琐	门

Etymology

青 ("green") + 瑣 ("chain link") + 門 ("gate")

The name of one of the gates to the southern palace (南宮), which was located in Luoyang during the Han Dynasty. It derived its name from the fact that the top of the gate was decorated with swirl patterns (resembling the links of a chain), and the gate was painted green.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Qīngsuǒ Mén

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄥ ㄙㄨㄛˇ ㄇㄣˊ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: Qīngsuǒ Mén
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄥ ㄙㄨㄛˇ ㄇㄣˊ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Chingsuuo Men
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰiŋ⁵⁵ su̯ɔ²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ mən³⁵/

Proper noun

青瑣門

1. (archaic) Qingsuo Gate

References

• Luo, Guanzhong (14th century) Annotated Romance of the Three Kingdoms/Chapter 3, page 43, note 15 (in Mandarin), published 1994, →ISBN