閉門

Chinese

		to close; stop up; shut to close; stop up; shut; obstruct	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. (閉門)		閉	門
simp. (闭门)		闭	门

Pronunciation

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• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bìmén

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄧˋ ㄇㄣˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bai³ mun⁴
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): pì-mn̂g

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bìmén
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄧˋ ㄇㄣˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bìmén
    • Wade–Giles: pi⁴-mên²
    • Yale: bì-mén
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bihmen
    • Palladius: бимэнь (bimɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pi⁵¹ mən³⁵/
    • Homophones:
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: bai³ mun⁴
    • Yale: bai mùhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bai³ mun⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: bei³ mun⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɐi̯³³ muːn²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pì-mn̂g
    • Tâi-lô: pì-mn̂g
    • Phofsit Daibuun: piemngg
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /pi²¹⁻⁴¹ mŋ̍²³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /pi¹¹⁻⁵³ mŋ̍²⁴/

Verb

閉⫽門 (verb-object)

1. (literally) to close the door
2. (figuratively) to seclude oneself; to isolate oneself

Synonyms

• (to close the door): (literary) 杜門／杜门 (dùmén)

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		關門, 閉門
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	關門
	Singapore	關門
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	關門兒
	Xining	關門
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	關門
	Guiyang	關門
	Liuzhou	關門
Cantonese	Guangzhou	閂門
	Hong Kong	閂門
	Taishan	閂門
	Dongguan	閂門
Gan	Lichuan	關門
Hakka	Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua)	閂門
Huizhou	Jixi	關門
Jin	Taiyuan	關門
Northern Min	Jian'ou	關門
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	關門
Southern Min	Singapore (Hokkien)	關門
	Manila (Hokkien)	關門
	Singapore (Teochew)	關門
	Singapore (Hainanese)	關門
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	關門
Wu	Shanghai	關門
	Danyang	關門
	Ningbo	關門
	Jinhua	關門
Xiang	Loudi	關門

Dialectal synonyms of 關門 (“to close the door”) [map]

• (to seclude oneself):

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• 屏居 (bǐngjū) (literary)
• 幽居 (yōujū) (literary)
• 幽棲／幽栖 (yōuqī) (literary)
• 杜門／杜门 (dùmén) (literary, figurative)
• 臥／卧 (wò) (literary)
• 臥雲／卧云 (wòyún) (literary)
• 豹隱／豹隐 (bàoyǐn) (literary)
• 辭世／辞世 (císhì) (literary)
• 退居 (tuìjū) (literary)
• 退隱／退隐 (tuìyǐn) (of an official, renowned person)
• 遁世 (dùnshì) (literary)
• 遁跡／遁迹 (dùnjì) (literary)
• 避世 (bìshì)
• 隱居／隐居 (yǐnjū)
• 隱逸／隐逸 (yǐnyì) (literary)

 

Derived terms

• 閉門卻掃／闭门却扫
• 閉門塞竇／闭门塞窦
• 閉門天子／闭门天子
• 閉門家裡坐，禍從天上來／闭门家里坐，祸从天上来
• 閉門思過／闭门思过 (bìménsīguò)
• 閉門羹／闭门羹 (bìméngēng)
• 閉門覓句／闭门觅句
• 閉門謝客／闭门谢客 (bìménxièkè)
• 閉門造車／闭门造车