柴門

Chinese

		firewood	opening; door; gate opening; door; gate; doorway; gateway; valve; switch; way to do something; knack; family; house; (religious) sect; school (of thought); class; category; (taxonomy) phylum or division
trad. (柴門)		柴	門
simp. (柴门)		柴	门

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): cháimén

  (Zhuyin): ㄔㄞˊ ㄇㄣˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): caai⁴ mun⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: cháimén
    • Zhuyin: ㄔㄞˊ ㄇㄣˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cháimén
    • Wade–Giles: chʻai²-mên²
    • Yale: chái-mén
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chairmen
    • Palladius: чаймэнь (čajmɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰaɪ̯³⁵ mən³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: caai⁴ mun⁴
    • Yale: chàaih mùhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsaai⁴ mun⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: cai⁴ mun⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰaːi̯²¹ muːn²¹/

Noun

柴門 (literary)

1. (literal) simple door made of branches, bamboo poles, wooden strips, etc.; (figurative) poverty-stricken family

   • 柴門聞犬吠 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     柴门闻犬吠 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: 劉長卿《逢雪宿芙蓉山主人》

     cháimén wén quǎn fèi [Pinyin]

     by the wooden door I hear a dog bark

Synonyms

• 柴扉 (cháifēi)