雁門
See also: 雁门
Chinese
[edit]| 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
[edit]- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄧㄢˋ ㄇㄣˊ
- Tongyong Pinyin: Yànmén
- Wade–Giles: Yen4-mên2
- Yale: Yàn-mén
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Yannmen
- Palladius: Яньмэнь (Janʹmɛnʹ)
- Sinological IPA (key): /jɛn⁵¹ mən³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
Proper noun
[edit]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
[edit]- (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)