出門

See also: 出门

Chinese

		to go out; to come out; to occur to go out; to come out; to occur; to produce; to go beyond; to rise; to put forth; to happen; (a measure word for dramas, plays, or operas)	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. (出門)		出	門
simp. (出门)		出	门

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): chūmén

(Zhuyin): ㄔㄨㄇㄣˊ
Cantonese
(Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): ceot¹ mun⁴

(Taishan, Wiktionary): cut² mon³
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chhut-mùn
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): chhut-mn̂g

(Teochew, Peng'im): cug⁴ mung⁵

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: chūmén
  - Zhuyin: ㄔㄨㄇㄣˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: chumén
  - Wade–Giles: chʻu¹-mên²
  - Yale: chū-mén
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chumen
  - Palladius: чумэнь (čumɛnʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰu⁵⁵ mən³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed) (出門兒／出门儿)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: chūménr
  - Zhuyin: ㄔㄨㄇㄣˊㄦ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: chuménr
  - Wade–Giles: chʻu¹-mên²-ʼrh
  - Yale: chū-ménr
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chumel
  - Palladius: чумэньр (čumɛnʹr)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰu⁵⁵ məɻ³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: ceot¹ mun⁴
  - Yale: chēut mùhn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tsoet⁷ mun⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: cêd¹ mun⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɵt̚⁵ muːn²¹/
- (Taishanese, Taicheng)
  - Wiktionary: cut² mon³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰut̚⁵⁵ ᵐbᵘɔn²²/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chhut-mùn
  - Hakka Romanization System: cud` munˇ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: cud⁵ mun²
  - Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰut̚² mun¹¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhut-mn̂g
  - Tâi-lô: tshut-mn̂g
  - Phofsit Daibuun: zhutmngg
  - IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sʰut̚³²⁻⁴ mŋ̍²⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰut̚⁵⁻²⁴ mŋ̍²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰut̚³²⁻⁵ mŋ̍¹³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /t͡sʰut̚³²⁻⁴ mŋ̍²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰut̚³²⁻⁴ mŋ̍²³/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: cug⁴ mung⁵
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tshuk mûng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰuk̚²⁻⁴ muŋ⁵⁵/

Middle Chinese: tsyhwijH|tsyhwit mwon

Rime
Character	出	出	門
Reading #	1/2	2/2	1/1
Initial (聲)	昌 (24)	昌 (24)	明 (4)
Final (韻)	脂 (16)	術 (52)	魂 (55)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)	Checked (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Closed	Closed
Division (等)	III	III	I
Fanqie	尺類切	赤律切	莫奔切
Baxter	tsyhwijH	tsyhwit	mwon
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/t͡ɕʰiuɪ^H/	/t͡ɕʰiuɪt̚/	/muən/
Pan Wuyun	/t͡ɕʰʷi^H/	/t͡ɕʰʷit̚/	/muon/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡ɕʰjuɪ^H/	/t͡ɕʰjuet̚/	/muən/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/cʰwi^H/	/cʰwit̚/	/mwən/
Li Rong	/t͡ɕʰui^H/	/t͡ɕʰiuĕt̚/	/muən/
Wang Li	/t͡ɕʰwi^H/	/t͡ɕʰĭuĕt̚/	/muən/
Bernard Karlgren	/t͡ɕʰwi^H/	/t͡ɕʰi̯uĕt̚/	/muən/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	chuì	chu	mén
Expected Cantonese Reflex	ceoi³	ceot¹	mun⁴

Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*t-kʰut|t-kʰut-s mˤə[r]/

(Zhengzhang): /*kʰljuds|kʰljud mɯːn/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	出	出	門
Reading #	1/2	2/2	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	chū	chuì	mén
Middle Chinese	‹ tsyhwit ›	‹ tsyhwij^H ›	‹ mwon ›
Old Chinese	/*t-kʰut/	/*t-kʰut-s/	/*mˁə[r]/
English	go or come out	bring or take out	gate, door
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. [t] as coda may in fact be -t or -p; Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	出	出	門
Reading #	1/2	2/2	1/1
No.	1545	1578	8960
Phonetic component	出	出	門
Rime group	隊	物	文
Rime subdivision	3	2	1
Corresponding MC rime	出	出	門
Old Chinese	/*kʰljuds/	/*kʰljud/	/*mɯːn/

Verb

出⫽門 (verb-object)

to go out
出門按鈕。／出门按钮。 ― Chūmén ànniǔ. ― Press to exit.

你幾時出門呀？ [Cantonese, trad.]
你几时出门呀？ [Cantonese, simp.]
nei⁵ gei² si⁴ ceot¹ mun⁴ aa³? [Jyutping]
What time will you be leaving the house?
- 出門同人，又誰咎也。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, trad.]
  出门同人，又谁咎也。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, simp.]
  From: I Ching, 11^th – 8^th century BCE
  Chūmén tóngrén, yòu shéi jiù yě. [Pinyin]
  (please add an English translation of this usage example)
- 出門如見大賓，使民如承大祭。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
  出门如见大宾，使民如承大祭。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
  From: The Analects of Confucius, c. 475 – 221 BCE
  Chūmén rú jiàn dà bīn, shǐmín rú chéng dà jì. [Pinyin]
  (please add an English translation of this usage example)
(auxiliary) outside
不敢穿出門／不敢穿出门 ― bùgǎn chuān chūmén ― be afraid to wear it in public
to go on a journey to a far place; to leave home for a far place
(of a female) to get married; to marry
(Taiwanese Hakka) to hold a funeral procession

Synonyms

(to go out): 出去 (chūqù), (Cantonese) 出街 (ceot¹ gaai¹)
(outside): (Cantonese) 出街 (ceot¹ gaai¹)
(to go on a journey to a far place): 出遠門／出远门 (chū yuǎnmén)
(of a female, to get married):

于歸 (yúguī) (literary)
出嫁 (chūjià)
出聘 (chūpìn) (dated)
出門子／出门子 (chūménzi) (colloquial)
出閣／出阁 (chūgé) (literary)
嫁人 (jiàrén)
嫁翁 (Hokkien)
行嫁 (Hakka)
進屋／进屋 (jìnwū) (figurative, literary)

Dialectal synonyms of 出殯 (“to hold a funeral procession; to carry a coffin to the cemetery”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		出殯, 出喪
Mandarin	Nanjing	送材, 發引, 出殯
Hakka	Meixian	出柩
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	出山, 還山, 出門
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	出山, 還山, 出門
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	出山, 還山, 出門
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	出山
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	出山, 還山, 出門
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	出山
Jin	Taiyuan	發引
Jin	Xinzhou	發引
Southern Min	Xiamen	出山, 出葬
	Quanzhou	出山, 出葬
	Zhangzhou	出山, 出葬, 出喪
	Taipei	出山
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	出山
	Kaohsiung	出山, 送山頭
	Yilan	出山, 送山頭
	Changhua (Lukang)	出山
	Taichung	出山
	Tainan	出山, 送山頭
	Hsinchu	出山
	Kinmen	出山, 出葬
	Penghu (Magong)	出山

Derived terms

在家千日好，出門一時難／在家千日好，出门一时难 (zàijiā qiānrì hǎo, chūmén yīshí nán)
好事不出門，壞事傳千里／好事不出门，坏事传千里 (hǎoshì bù chūmén, huàishì chuán qiānlǐ)
秀才不出門，能知天下事／秀才不出门，能知天下事 (xiùcái bù chūmén, néng zhī tiānxià shì)