叩門

See also: 叩门

Chinese

		knock	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. (叩門)		叩	門
simp. (叩门)		叩	门

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): kòumén

  (Zhuyin): ㄎㄡˋ ㄇㄣˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): kau³ mun⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: kòumén
    • Zhuyin: ㄎㄡˋ ㄇㄣˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: kòumén
    • Wade–Giles: kʻou⁴-mên²
    • Yale: kòu-mén
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kowmen
    • Palladius: коумэнь (koumɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰoʊ̯⁵¹ mən³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: kau³ mun⁴
    • Yale: kau mùhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: kau³ mun⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: keo³ mun⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰɐu̯³³ muːn²¹/

Verb

叩⫽門 (verb-object)

1. to knock on a door
   • 1919, 《新舊約全書：官話和合譯本》 [Mandarin Bible, Union Version], Shanghai: American Bible Society, 啟示錄 [Revelation] 3:20:

     看哪、我站在門外叩門．若有聽見我聲音就開門的、我要進到他那裏去、我與他他與我一同坐席。 [MSC, trad.]
     看哪、我站在门外叩门．若有听见我声音就开门的、我要进到他那里去、我与他他与我一同坐席。 [MSC, simp.]

     Kàn na, wǒ zhàn zài ménwài kòumén. Ruò yǒu tīngjiàn wǒ shēngyīn jiù kāimén de, wǒ yào jìn dào tā nàlǐ qù, wǒ yǔ tā tā yǔ wǒ yītóng zuòxí. [Pinyin]

     Behold, I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears my voice and opens the door, then I will come in to him and will dine with him, and he with me. [World English Bible]

2. (Hong Kong, education, of a student or their parent(s)) to ask for a school placement after the main allocation process

Synonyms

• (to knock on a door): 打門／打门 (dǎmén), 扣門／扣门 (kòumén), 敲門／敲门 (qiāomén), 拍門／拍门 (pāimén)

Derived terms

• 叩門位 / 叩门位