雁門

See also: 雁门

Chinese

		wild goose	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. (雁門/鴈門)		雁/鴈	門
simp. (雁门)		雁	门

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): Yànmén

(Zhuyin): ㄧㄢˋ ㄇㄣˊ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: Yànmén
  - Zhuyin: ㄧㄢˋ ㄇㄣˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: Yànmén
  - Wade–Giles: Yen⁴-mên²
  - Yale: Yàn-mén
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Yannmen
  - Palladius: Яньмэнь (Janʹmɛnʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɛn⁵¹ mən³⁵/

Proper noun

雁門

(～關) Yanmen Pass, a pass in northern Shanxi fortified as part of the Inner Great Wall, now a tourist site
(～郡) (historical) Yanmen Commandery, a former commandery of the Zhao Kingdom and of early imperial China
(～道) (historical) Yanmen Circuit, a former circuit of medieval China
(historical) Yanmen, a former name of the various seats of the commandery

Synonyms

(commandery seats): 善無／善无 (Shànwú) (Qin & W. Han); 陰館／阴馆 (Yīnguǎn) (E. Han); 廣武／广武, 代州 (Dàizhōu) (Wei to Sui)

Derived terms

雁門關／雁门关 (Yànménguān)

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