門對

Chinese

		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	couple; pair; to be opposite couple; pair; to be opposite; to oppose; to face; for; to; correct (answer); to answer; to reply; to direct (towards sth); right
trad. (門對)		門	對
simp. (门对)		门	对
anagram		對門／对门

Pronunciation

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): mn̂g-tùi / mûi-tùi

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• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: mn̂g-tùi
    • Tâi-lô: mn̂g-tuì
    • Phofsit Daibuun: mngduix
    • IPA (Taipei): /mŋ̍²⁴⁻¹¹ tui¹¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /mŋ̍²³⁻³³ tui²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /mŋ̍²⁴⁻²² tui⁴¹/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: mûi-tùi
    • Tâi-lô: muî-tuì
    • Phofsit Daibuun: mui'duix
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /muĩ¹³⁻²² tui²¹/

Noun

門對

1. (Hokkien) antithetical couplet, often consisting of two lines of verse written vertically down the opposing sides of a doorway

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 對聯 (“antithetical couplet”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		吊子
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		對聯
Mandarin	Taiwan	對聯
	Jinan	對子
	Wanrong	對子
	Xi'an	對子
	Yinchuan	對子
	Wuhan	對子
	Guiyang	對子
	Singapore	對聯
Cantonese	Guangzhou	對, 對聯
	Hong Kong	對, 對聯
	Dongguan	對
Gan	Nanchang	對子
	Lichuan	對子
	Pingxiang	對子
Hakka	Meixian	對聯, 對仔
	Yudu	對子
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	對聯
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	對聯
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	對聯
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	對聯
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	對聯
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	對聯
Jin	Taiyuan	對聯, 對子
	Xinzhou	對子
Northern Min	Jian'ou	對聯
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	對聯
Southern Min	Xiamen	聯對
	Quanzhou	聯對
	Zhangzhou	聯對, 門對
	Tainan	聯對 GT
	Shantou	對聯
	Leizhou	對
	Haikou	對
Wu	Danyang	對聯, 對子
Xiang	Changsha	對子
	Loudi	對子
Note	GT - General Taiwanese (no specific region identified)

Dialectal synonyms of 春聯 (“Spring Festival couplet”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		春聯
Mandarin	Taiwan	春聯
	Jinan	春聯
	Singapore	春聯
Cantonese	Guangzhou	揮春
	Hong Kong	揮春
	Dongguan	揮春
Hakka	Meixian	春聯
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	春聯
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	春聯
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	春聯
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	春聯
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	春聯
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	春聯
Southern Min	Xiamen	春聯, 門聯
	Quanzhou	春聯, 門對
	Zhangzhou	春聯
	Shantou	春聯
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	揮春