門頭

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	head; (noun suffix)
trad. (門頭)		門	頭
simp. (门头)		门	头

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): méntóu

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄣˊ ㄊㄡˊ

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): mn̂g-thâu

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: méntóu
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄣˊ ㄊㄡˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: méntóu
    • Wade–Giles: mên²-tʻou²
    • Yale: mén-tóu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mentour
    • Palladius: мэньтоу (mɛnʹtou)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mən³⁵ tʰoʊ̯³⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: mn̂g-thâu
    • Tâi-lô: mn̂g-thâu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: mngtaau
    • IPA (Xiamen): /mŋ̍²⁴⁻²² tʰau²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /mŋ̍²⁴⁻²² tʰau²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /mŋ̍¹³⁻²² tʰau¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /mŋ̍²⁴⁻¹¹ tʰau²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /mŋ̍²³⁻³³ tʰau²³/

Noun

門頭

1. (literary, figurative) social status of one's family
2. (obsolete) account with business transactions
3. (literary, figurative) means; method; channel; way

Synonyms

• (social status of one's family):

• 人地 (réndì) (literary)
• 門地／门地 (méndì)
• 門戶／门户 (ménhù) (figurative)
• 門楣／门楣 (ménméi)
• 門第／门第 (méndì)

 

• (means):

• 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)
• 門道／门道 (méndao)
• 頭路／头路 (tóulù) (colloquial)