法門

See also: 法门

Chinese

		law; method; way law; method; way; Buddhist teaching; Legalist; France (abbrev.)	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. (法門)		法	門
simp. (法门)		法	门

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Etymology

Calque of Sanskrit धर्मपर्याय (dharmaparyāya), comprised of धर्म (“dharma”) +‎ पर्याय (“method”).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): fǎmén

  (Zhuyin): ㄈㄚˇ ㄇㄣˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): faat³ mun⁴
• Eastern Min (BUC): huák-muòng
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hoat-mn̂g / hoat-bûn
• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁷faq-men

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: fǎmén
    • Zhuyin: ㄈㄚˇ ㄇㄣˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: fǎmén
    • Wade–Giles: fa³-mên²
    • Yale: fǎ-mén
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: faamen
    • Palladius: фамэнь (famɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fä²¹⁴⁻²¹ mən³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: faat³ mun⁴
    • Yale: faat mùhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: faat⁸ mun⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: fad³ mun⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /faːt̚³ muːn²¹/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: huák-muòng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /huaʔ²⁴⁻²¹ muoŋ⁵³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hoat-mn̂g
    • Tâi-lô: huat-mn̂g
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hoatmngg
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /huat̚³²⁻⁴ mŋ̍²³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /huat̚³²⁻⁴ mŋ̍²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hoat-bûn
    • Tâi-lô: huat-bûn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hoatbuun
    • IPA (Taipei): /huat̚³²⁻⁴ bun²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /huat̚³²⁻⁴ bun²³/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁷faq-men
    • MiniDict: fah^入 men
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ⁴faq-men
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /faʔ³³ mən⁴⁴/

Noun

法門

1. (Buddhism) gateway for entry into the dharma

Derived terms

• 不二法門／不二法门 (bù'èrfǎmén)

 

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (法門):

• → Japanese: 法門(ほうもん) (hōmon)
• → Korean: 법문(法門) (beommun)
• → Vietnamese: pháp môn (法門)

Further reading

• Ding, Fubao (丁福保) (1922), “法門” in 佛學大辭典 [A Dictionary of Chinese Buddhist Terms].

Proper noun

法門

1. (～鎮) Famen (a town in Fufeng, Baoji, Shaanxi, China)