門道

See also: 门道

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	direction; way; method direction; way; method; road; path; principle; truth; reason; skill; Tao (of Taoism); a measure word; to say; to speak; to talk
trad. (門道)		門	道
simp. (门道)		门	道

Pronunciation 1

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): méndào

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄣˊ ㄉㄠˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): mun⁴ dou⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: méndào
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄣˊ ㄉㄠˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: méndào
    • Wade–Giles: mên²-tao⁴
    • Yale: mén-dàu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mendaw
    • Palladius: мэньдао (mɛnʹdao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mən³⁵ tɑʊ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: mun⁴ dou⁶
    • Yale: mùhn douh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: mun⁴ dou⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: mun⁴ dou⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /muːn²¹ tou̯²²/

Noun

門道

1. road or pathway leading to a gate
2. corridor; passageway

Synonyms

• (corridor): 過道／过道 (guòdào), 樓道／楼道 (lóudào)

Pronunciation 2

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): méndao

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄣˊ ˙ㄉㄠ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: méndao
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄣˊ ˙ㄉㄠ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: méndåo
    • Wade–Giles: mên²-tao⁵
    • Yale: mén-dau
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: men.dau
    • Palladius: мэньдао (mɛnʹdao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mən³⁵ d̥ɑʊ̯³/

Noun

門道

1. way; method
2. social connections; contacts

Synonyms

• (way):

• 主意
• 作法 (zuòfǎ)
• 做法 (zuòfǎ)
• 卯竅／卯窍 (mao³ qiao⁴) (Sichuanese)
• 套套 (tau³ tau^3-2) (Jin, colloquial)
• 對策／对策 (duìcè)
• 工具 (gōngjù) (figurative)
• 手段 (shǒuduàn)
• 措施 (cuòshī)
• 方式 (fāngshì)
• 方法 (fāngfǎ)
• 法子 (colloquial)
• 法度 (Hokkien)
• 渠道 (qúdào)
• 竅門／窍门 (qiàomén)
• 竅門兒／窍门儿 (qiàoménr)
• 管道 (guǎndào) (figurative, especially of communication)
• 行法 (xíngfǎ) (literary)
• 訣竅／诀窍 (juéqiào)
• 訣要／诀要 (juéyào)
• 路子 (lùzi)
• 路徑／路径 (lùjìng)
• 蹊徑／蹊径 (xījìng) (literary, figurative)
• 辦法／办法 (bànfǎ)
• 途徑／途径 (tújìng)
• 進路／进路 (jìnlù)
• 道理 (dàolǐ)
• 道術／道术 (dàoshù) (literary)
• 道道 (dau³ dau^3-2) (Jin)
• 門徑／门径 (ménjìng)
• 門路／门路 (ménlù)
• 門頭／门头 (méntóu) (literary, figurative)
• 頭路／头路 (tóulù) (colloquial)

 

• (social connections):

• 人脈／人脉 (rénmài)
• 資源／资源 (zīyuán) (euphemistic)
• 路子 (lùzi)
• 路數／路数 (lùshù)
• 關係／关系