海門

See also: 海门

Chinese

		ocean; sea	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. (海門)		海	門
simp. (海门)		海	门

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): hǎimén

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄞˇ ㄇㄣˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hoi² mun⁴
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): hái-mn̂g

  (Teochew, Peng'im): hai² mung⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: hǎimén
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄞˇ ㄇㄣˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: hǎimén
    • Wade–Giles: hai³-mên²
    • Yale: hǎi-mén
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: haemen
    • Palladius: хаймэнь (xajmɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xaɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ mən³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: hoi² mun⁴
    • Yale: hói mùhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hoi² mun⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: hoi² mun⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɔːi̯³⁵ muːn²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hái-mn̂g
    • Tâi-lô: hái-mn̂g
    • Phofsit Daibuun: haymngg
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /hai⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ mŋ̍²³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /hai⁵³⁻⁴⁴ mŋ̍²⁴/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: hai² mung⁵
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: hái mûng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hai⁵²⁻³⁵ muŋ⁵⁵/

Noun

海門

1. mouth of a river, where the river enters a sea

Proper noun

海門

1. (～區, formerly ～市, ～縣) Haimen (a district of Nantong, Jiangsu, China; former county-level city and county of Nantong, Jiangsu, China)
2. (～鎮) Haimen (a town in Chaoyang district, Shantou, Guangdong, China)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
海	門
Grade: 2	Grade: 2

Alternative spelling
海門 (kyūjitai)

Etymology 1

From Chinese 海门 (hǎimén).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ka̠imõ̞ɴ]
• IPA^(key): [ha̠imẽ̞ɴ]

Proper noun

海門(かいもん) or 海門(ハイメン) • (Kaimon or Haimen) 

1. Haimen (a city in Guangdong, China)

Etymology 2

Compound of 海(かい) (kai, “sea”) + 門(もん) (mon, “gate”), calque of English Seagate.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ka̠imõ̞ɴ]

Proper noun

海門(かいもん) • (Kaimon) 

1. (Internet slang) Seagate Technology