沙門

Chinese

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): shāmén

(Zhuyin): ㄕㄚㄇㄣˊ
Min Nan (POJ): soa-mn̂g

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: shāmén
  - Zhuyin: ㄕㄚㄇㄣˊ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shamen
  - IPA ^(key): /ʂa̠⁵⁵ mən³⁵/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: soa-mn̂g
  - Tâi-lô: sua-mn̂g
  - Phofsit Daibuun: soamngg
  - IPA (Xiamen): /sua⁴⁴⁻²² mŋ̍²⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /sua³³ mŋ̍²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /sua⁴⁴⁻²² mŋ̍¹³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /sua⁴⁴⁻³³ mŋ̍²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /sua⁴⁴⁻³³ mŋ̍²³/

Middle Chinese: /ʃˠa muən/▼

Rime
Character	沙	門
Reading #	1/2	1/1
Initial (聲)	生 (21)	明 (4)
Final (韻)	麻 (98)	魂 (55)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Closed
Division (等)	II	I
Fanqie	所加切	莫奔切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʃˠa/	/muən/
Pan Wuyun	/ʃᵚa/	/muon/
Shao Rongfen	/ʃa/	/muən/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʂaɨ/	/mwən/
Li Rong	/ʃa/	/muən/
Wang Li	/ʃa/	/muən/
Bernard Karlgren	/ʂa/	/muən/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	shā	mén

Etymology 1

		phonetic
trad. (沙門)		沙	門
simp. (沙门)		沙	门

Borrowed from Sanskrit श्रमण (śramaṇa, “seeker”).

Noun

沙門

(Buddhism) ascetic monk

Etymology 2

		granule; hoarse; raspy granule; hoarse; raspy; sand; powder; tsar	opening; door; gate 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. (沙門)		沙	門
simp. (沙门)		沙	门

Proper noun

沙門

(archaic geography) former name of the Changshan Archipelago between the Shandong and Liaoning peninsulas in northeastern China

Synonyms

長山／长山 (Chángshān)

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