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; phylum or division (taxonomy)
trad. (法門)		法	門
simp. (法门)		法	门

Etymology

Calque of Sanskrit धर्मपर्याय (dharmaparyāya).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): fǎmén

(Zhuyin): ㄈㄚˇ ㄇㄣˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): faat³ mun⁴
Min Nan (POJ): hoat-mn̂g / hoat-bûn

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: fǎmén
  - Zhuyin: ㄈㄚˇ ㄇㄣˊ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: faamen
  - IPA ^(key): /fa̠²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ mən³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: faat³ mun⁴
  - Yale: faat mùhn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: faat⁸ mun⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: fad³ mun⁴
  - IPA ^(key): /fɑːt̚³ muːn²¹/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: mainstream 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/

Noun

法門

(Buddhism) gateway for entry into the dharma

Proper noun

法門

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

Derived terms

不二法門／不二法门 (bù'èr fǎmén)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (法門):

Japanese: 法 (ほう)門 (もん) (hōmon)
Korean: 법문 (法門, beommun)
Vietnamese: pháp môn (法門)

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