柴門

Chinese

		firewood	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. (柴門)		柴	門
simp. (柴门)		柴	门

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): cháimén

(Zhuyin): ㄔㄞˊ ㄇㄣˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): caai⁴ mun⁴
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chhâ-mn̂g

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: cháimén
  - Zhuyin: ㄔㄞˊ ㄇㄣˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: cháimén
  - Wade–Giles: chʻai²-mên²
  - Yale: chái-mén
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chairmen
  - Palladius: чаймэнь (čajmɛnʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰaɪ̯³⁵ mən³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: caai⁴ mun⁴
  - Yale: chàaih mùhn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tsaai⁴ mun⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: cai⁴ mun⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰaːi̯²¹ muːn²¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhâ-mn̂g
  - Tâi-lô: tshâ-mn̂g
  - Phofsit Daibuun: zhamngg
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰa²³⁻³³ mŋ̍²³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰa¹³⁻²² mŋ̍¹³/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Quanzhou): /t͡sʰa²⁴⁻²² mŋ̍²⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /t͡sʰa²⁴⁻¹¹ mŋ̍²⁴/

Noun

柴門

(literary or Hokkien) simple door made of branches, bamboo poles, wooden strips, etc.
(literary, figurative) poverty-stricken family
- 柴門聞犬吠 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
  柴门闻犬吠 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
  From: 劉長卿《逢雪宿芙蓉山主人》
  cháimén wén quǎn fèi [Pinyin]
  by the wooden door I hear a dog bark

Synonyms

柴扉 (cháifēi)

Verb

柴門

(literary) to close the door

Synonyms

(literary) 閉門／闭门 (bìmén), 杜門／杜门 (dùmén)