廈門

See also: 下門 and 厦门

Chinese

tall building
 
opening; door; gate; doorway; gateway; valve; switch; way to do something; knack; family; house; (religious) sect; school (of thought); class; category; phylum or division (taxonomy)
trad. (廈門) 廈 門
simp. (厦门) 厦 门
alt. forms 厦門
下門／下门 archaic

Etymology

A homophone of the original name 下門／下门 (Xiàmén) that came into official use for its more elegant sense.

Pronunciation

Proper noun

廈門

  1. (historical) Xiamen, a fortification which formerly protected Xiamen Bay
  2. (～島) Xiamen Island in Xiamen Bay, Fujian
  3. (～灣) Xiamen Bay in southeastern Fujian at the mouths of the Jiulong and Xixi rivers on the Taiwan Strait
  4. (～市) Xiamen, the sub-provincial city of Fujian on Xiamen Island and the surrounding Chinese mainland, now including its mountainous rural hinterland and notionally including the nearby Jinmen Islands still controlled by the Republic of China on Taiwan

Synonyms

  • (island): 嘉禾 (historical)
  • (city): 下門／下门 (Xiàmén) (historical); 思明 (Sīmíng) (historical)
  • (its hinterland): 同安 (Tóng'ān) (historical); 思明 (Sīmíng) (historical)

Descendants

Japanese

Alternative forms

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
廈 門
しあ
Hyōgaiji		 めん
Grade: 2
Irregular

Borrowed from Mandarin 廈門／厦门 (Xiàmén).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ɕia̠mẽ̞ɴ]

Proper noun

廈門 (katakana シアメン, rōmaji Shiamen)

  1. Xiamen; Amoy

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
廈 門
あ
Hyōgaiji		 もい
Grade: 2
Irregular

Borrowed from Portuguese Amoy.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [a̠mo̞i]

Proper noun

廈門 (katakana アモイ, rōmaji Amoi)

  1. Amoy; Xiamen

References

  1. ↑ 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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