前門

See also: 前门

Chinese

		front, forepart; in front; past front, forepart; in front; past; former; previous; last; before; preceding; earlier; ago; future; time ahead; first; top; battlefront; to move forward	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. (前門)		前	門
simp. (前门)		前	门
anagram		門前／门前

Pronunciation 1

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): qiánmén

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄢˊ ㄇㄣˊ

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): cin⁴ mun^4-2

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): ten³ mong^3*

• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chhièn-mùn
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chêng-mn̂g

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: qiánmén
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄢˊ ㄇㄣˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: ciánmén
    • Wade–Giles: chʻien²-mên²
    • Yale: chyán-mén
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chyanmen
    • Palladius: цяньмэнь (cjanʹmɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn³⁵ mən³⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: qiánménr
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄢˊ ㄇㄣˊㄦ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: ciánménr
    • Wade–Giles: chʻien²-mên²-ʼrh
    • Yale: chyán-ménr
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chyanmel
    • Palladius: цяньмэньр (cjanʹmɛnʹr)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn³⁵ məɻ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: cin⁴ mun^4-2
    • Yale: chìhn mún
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsin⁴ mun^4-2
    • Guangdong Romanization: qin⁴ mun^4-2
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰiːn²¹ muːn²¹⁻³⁵/
  • (Taishanese, Taicheng)
    • Wiktionary: ten³ mong^3*
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰen²² ᵐbɔŋ²²⁻²²⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chhièn-mùn
    • Hakka Romanization System: qienˇ munˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: qian² mun²
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰi̯en¹¹ mun¹¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chêng-mn̂g
    • Tâi-lô: tsîng-mn̂g
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zengmngg
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡siɪŋ²⁴⁻²² mŋ̍²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡siɪŋ²⁴⁻²² mŋ̍²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡siɪŋ¹³⁻²² mŋ̍¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡siɪŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ mŋ̍²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡siɪŋ²³⁻³³ mŋ̍²³/

Noun

前門

1. front door; front gate

   你今天出去的話，記得鎖上前門。 [MSC, trad.]
   你今天出去的话，记得锁上前门。 [MSC, simp.]

   Nǐ jīntiān chūqù dehuà, jìde suǒshàng qiánmén. [Pinyin]

   If you go out today remember to lock the front door.

Antonyms

• 後門／后门 (hòumén)

Pronunciation 2

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Qiánmén

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄢˊ ㄇㄣˊ

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• Mandarin
  • (Beijing dialect)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Qiánmén
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄢˊ ㄇㄣˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Ciánmén
    • Wade–Giles: Chʻien²-mên²
    • Yale: Chyán-mén
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Chyanmen
    • Palladius: Цяньмэнь (Cjanʹmɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn³⁵ mən³⁵/

Proper noun

前門

1. (informal) Alternative name for 正陽門／正阳门 (Zhèngyángmén).

Coordinated terms

• 後門／后门 (Hòumén)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
前	門
ぜん Grade: 2	もん Grade: 2
on’yomi

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [d͡zẽ̞mːõ̞ɴ]

Noun

前(ぜん)門(もん) • (zenmon) 

1. a front gate
2. (figuratively) the vagina, in contrast to 後門 (kōmon, “back gate”, figurative for anus)

Idioms

• 前門(ぜんもん)に虎(とら)を防(ふせ)ぎ後門(こうもん)に狼(おおかみ)を進(すす)む (zenmon ni tora o fusegi kōmon ni ōkami o susumu): "blocking a tiger at the front gate, [but] letting a wolf proceed at the back gate" → caught between the devil and the deep blue sea
• 前門(ぜんもん)の虎(とら)、後門(こうもん)の狼(おおかみ) (zenmon no tora, kōmon no ōkami): "tiger at the front gate, wolf at the back gate" → caught between the devil and the deep blue sea

Synonyms

• (front gate, not figurative): 正門(せいもん) (seimon)
• (literal and figurative): 表門(おもてもん) (omotemon)

Antonyms

• (antonym(s) of "literal and figurative"): 後門(こうもん) (kōmon)
• (antonym(s) of "literal and figurative"): 裏門(うらもん) (uramon)