西門

See also: 西门

Chinese

Etymology 1

		west	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. (西門)		西	門
simp. (西门)		西	门

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): xīmén

(Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄇㄣˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): sai¹ mun⁴
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): sî-mùn
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): se-mn̂g

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: xīmén
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄇㄣˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: simén
  - Wade–Giles: hsi¹-mên²
  - Yale: syī-mén
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shimen
  - Palladius: симэнь (simɛnʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi⁵⁵ mən³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: sai¹ mun⁴
  - Yale: sāi mùhn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: sai¹ mun⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: sei¹ mun⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐi̯⁵⁵ muːn²¹/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sî-mùn
  - Hakka Romanization System: xi´ munˇ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: xi¹ mun²
  - Sinological IPA: /ɕi²⁴ mun¹¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: se-mn̂g
  - Tâi-lô: se-mn̂g
  - Phofsit Daibuun: semngg
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /se⁴⁴⁻³³ mŋ̍²³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /se⁴⁴⁻³³ mŋ̍²⁴/

Noun

西門

(literary) west gate of a walled city

Coordinate terms

東門／东门 (dōngmén)
南門／南门 (nánmén)
北門／北门 (běimén)

Derived terms

西門町／西门町 (Xīméndīng)

Proper noun

西門

a surname
西門慶／西门庆 ― Xīmén Qìng ― Ximen Qing (character in the novels Water Margin and Jin Ping Mei)

Etymology 2

		phonetic
trad. (西門)		西	門
simp. (西门)		西	门

From Ancient Greek Σίμων (Símōn).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): Xīmén

(Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄇㄣˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): sai¹ mun⁴
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): Sî-mùn
Eastern Min (BUC): Să̤-muòng
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): Se-bûn

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: Xīmén
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄇㄣˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: Simén
  - Wade–Giles: Hsi¹-mên²
  - Yale: Syī-mén
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Shimen
  - Palladius: Симэнь (Simɛnʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi⁵⁵ mən³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: sai¹ mun⁴
  - Yale: sāi mùhn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: sai¹ mun⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: sei¹ mun⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐi̯⁵⁵ muːn²¹/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: Sî-mùn
  - Hakka Romanization System: xi´ munˇ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: xi¹ mun²
  - Sinological IPA: /ɕi²⁴ mun¹¹/
Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: Să̤-muòng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɛ⁵⁵ muoŋ⁵³/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Se-bûn
  - Tâi-lô: Se-bûn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: se'buun
  - IPA (Xiamen): /se⁴⁴⁻²² bun²⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /se³³ bun²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /se⁴⁴⁻²² bun¹³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /se⁴⁴⁻³³ bun²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /se⁴⁴⁻³³ bun²³/

Proper noun

西門

(Protestantism or secular) Simon

Synonyms

Terms for Simon in different branches of Christianity

Branch	Words edit
Protestant	西門
Roman Catholic	西滿
Eastern Orthodox	西蒙

Etymology 3

		phonetic
trad. (西門)		西	門
simp. (西门)		西	门

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): Xīmén

(Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄇㄣˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): sai¹ mun⁴

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: Xīmén
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄇㄣˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: Simén
  - Wade–Giles: Hsi¹-mên²
  - Yale: Syī-mén
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Shimen
  - Palladius: Симэнь (Simɛnʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi⁵⁵ mən³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: sai¹ mun⁴
  - Yale: sāi mùhn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: sai¹ mun⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: sei¹ mun⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐi̯⁵⁵ muːn²¹/

Proper noun

西門

A transliteration of the German surname Siemens

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