看門

See also: 看门

Chinese

		to see; to look at; to look after to see; to look at; to look after; to take care of; to watch; to guard; it depends; think	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. (看門)		看	門
simp. (看门)		看	门

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): kānmén

  (Zhuyin): ㄎㄢ ㄇㄣˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hon¹ mun⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: kānmén
    • Zhuyin: ㄎㄢ ㄇㄣˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: kanmén
    • Wade–Giles: kʻan¹-mên²
    • Yale: kān-mén
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kanmen
    • Palladius: каньмэнь (kanʹmɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰän⁵⁵ mən³⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: kānménr
    • Zhuyin: ㄎㄢ ㄇㄣˊㄦ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: kanménr
    • Wade–Giles: kʻan¹-mên²-ʼrh
    • Yale: kān-ménr
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kanmel
    • Palladius: каньмэньр (kanʹmɛnʹr)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰän⁵⁵ məɻ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: hon¹ mun⁴
    • Yale: hōn mùhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hon¹ mun⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: hon¹ mun⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɔːn⁵⁵ muːn²¹/

Verb

看門

1. to guard the entrance
2. to look after the house

Synonyms

• (to look after the house): 看家 (kānjiā), (Hokkien) 顧家／顾家, (Hokkien) 顧厝／顾厝

Derived terms

• 看門人／看门人 (kānménrén)
• 看門狗／看门狗 (kānméngǒu)