杜門

Chinese

		fabricate; restrict; to prevent	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. (杜門)		杜	門
simp. (杜门)		杜	门

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): dùmén

(Zhuyin): ㄉㄨˋ ㄇㄣˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): dou⁶ mun⁴

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: dùmén
  - Zhuyin: ㄉㄨˋ ㄇㄣˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: dùmén
  - Wade–Giles: tu⁴-mên²
  - Yale: dù-mén
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: duhmen
  - Palladius: думэнь (dumɛnʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tu⁵¹ mən³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: dou⁶ mun⁴
  - Yale: douh mùhn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dou⁶ mun⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: dou⁶ mun⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tou̯²² muːn²¹/

Verb

杜門

(literary, literally) to close the door
(literary, figuratively) to seclude oneself; to isolate oneself

Synonyms

(to close the door): (literary) 閉門／闭门 (bìmén)
(to seclude oneself):

屏居 (bǐngjū) (literary)
幽居 (yōujū) (literary)
幽棲／幽栖 (yōuqī) (literary)
臥／卧 (wò) (literary)
臥雲／卧云 (wòyún) (literary)
豹隱／豹隐 (bàoyǐn) (literary)
辭世／辞世 (císhì) (literary)
退居 (tuìjū) (literary)
退隱／退隐 (tuìyǐn) (of an official, renowned person)
遁世 (dùnshì) (literary)
遁跡／遁迹 (dùnjì) (literary)
避世 (bìshì)
閉門／闭门 (bìmén) (literary, figurative)
隱居／隐居 (yǐnjū)
隱逸／隐逸 (yǐnyì) (literary)

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