旁門左道

Chinese

		side door; improper means	sorcery; witchcraft
trad. (旁門左道)		旁門	左道
simp. (旁门左道)		旁门	左道
Literally: “heretical sect”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): pángménzuǒdào

  (Zhuyin): ㄆㄤˊ ㄇㄣˊ ㄗㄨㄛˇ ㄉㄠˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): pong⁴ mun⁴ zo² dou⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: pángménzuǒdào
    • Zhuyin: ㄆㄤˊ ㄇㄣˊ ㄗㄨㄛˇ ㄉㄠˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: pángménzuǒdào
    • Wade–Giles: pʻang²-mên²-tso³-tao⁴
    • Yale: páng-mén-dzwǒ-dàu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: parngmentzuoodaw
    • Palladius: панмэньцзодао (panmɛnʹczodao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰɑŋ³⁵ mən³⁵ t͡su̯ɔ²¹⁴⁻²¹ tɑʊ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: pong⁴ mun⁴ zo² dou⁶
    • Yale: pòhng mùhn jó douh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: pong⁴ mun⁴ dzo² dou⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: pong⁴ mun⁴ zo² dou⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰɔːŋ²¹ muːn²¹ t͡sɔː³⁵ tou̯²²/

Idiom

旁門左道

1. (figurative) trickery; deviousness; underhandedness