門聯

Chinese

		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)	to ally; to unite; to join
trad. (門聯)		門	聯
simp. (门联)		门	联

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): ménlián

(Zhuyin): ㄇㄣˊ ㄌㄧㄢˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): mun⁴ lyun⁴
Min Nan (POJ): mn̂g-liân / mûi-liân

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
  - Pinyin: ménlián
  - Zhuyin: ㄇㄣˊ ㄌㄧㄢˊ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: menlian
  - IPA ^(key): /mən³⁵ li̯ɛn³⁵/
  - Homophones:
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    門簾／门帘
    門聯／门联
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: mun⁴ lyun⁴
  - Yale: mùhn lyùhn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: mun⁴ lyn⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: mun⁴ lün⁴
  - IPA ^(key): /muːn²¹ lyːn²¹/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, mainstream Taiwanese, Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: mn̂g-liân
  - Tâi-lô: mn̂g-liân
  - Phofsit Daibuun: mnglieen
  - IPA (Quanzhou, Xiamen): /mŋ̍²⁴⁻²² liɛn²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /mŋ̍²³⁻³³ liɛn²³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /mŋ̍²⁴⁻¹¹ liɛn²⁴/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: mûi-liân
  - Tâi-lô: muî-liân
  - Phofsit Daibuun: muilieen
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /muĩ¹³⁻²² liɛn¹³/

Noun

門聯

scrolls pasted on either side of the door forming a couplet; gatepost couplet

See also

春聯／春联 (chūnlián)

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