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澳門

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See also: 澳门

Chinese

More information deep bay; cove; baydeep bay; cove; bay; harbour; Australia (abbrev.); Macao, opening; door; gateopening; door; gate; doorway; gateway; valve; switch; way to do something; knack; family; house; (religious) sect; school (of thought); class; category; (taxonomy) phylum or division ...
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Etymology

(Macau): First attested in 陳末議以保海隅萬世治安疏, a memorial to the emperor [1564] by government official Pang Shangpeng (龐尚鵬):

廣州香山雍麥蠔鏡澳一日對峙南北澳門……澳門填塞番舶潛行香山門戶 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
广州香山雍麦蚝镜澳一日对峙南北澳门……澳门填塞番舶潜行香山门户 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
From: 題為陳末議以保海隅萬世治安 in 皇明經世文編
Guǎngzhōu nán yǒu Xiāngshān xiàn, dì dāng bīn hǎi. Yóu yōngmài zhì Háojìng'ào, jì yīrì zhī chéng, yǒu shān Duìzhì rú tái, yuē nánběi tái. Jí Àomén yě...... Yì zhě yù yú Àomén xiá chù, yòng shí tiánsài, dù fānbó qiánxíng, yǐ gù Xiāngshān ménhù. [Pinyin]
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Earlier names include 濠鏡澳濠镜澳 (Háojìng'ào) (蠔鏡澳蚝镜澳), 濠鏡濠镜 (Háojìng), 香山澳, etc.

Pronunciation


Note:
  • or4 muei2, or4 mui2 - colloquial;
  • or4 mong2, or4 muong2 - literary.

Proper noun

澳門

  1. (~特別行政區) Macau, Aomen (a city, special administrative region, and peninsula in China, west of Hong Kong)
    澳門歷史城區澳门历史城区   Àomén Lìshǐ Chéngqū   The Historic Centre of Macao
  2. () (historical) Municipality of Macau (a former municipality of Macau)
  3. () O Mun (a village of Hang Hau Rural Committee, Sai Kung district, New Territories, Hong Kong)

Synonyms

Derived terms

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (澳門):
  • Korean: 오문(澳門) (Omun)
  • Vietnamese: Áo Môn (澳門)

Others:

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Japanese

Etymology 1

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From English Macau or Portuguese Macau.

Glyph origin

The kanji are jukujikun (熟字訓), from Chinese 澳門 / 澳门 (Àomén).

Proper noun

澳門(マカオ) (Makao) 

  1. obsolete spelling of マカオ: Macau (a city, special administrative region, and peninsula in China, west of Hong Kong)

Etymology 2

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From Mandarin 澳門澳门 (Àomén).

Proper noun

澳門(アオメン) (Aomen) 

  1. synonym of マカオ: Macau (a city, special administrative region, and peninsula in China, west of Hong Kong)
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Korean

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Proper noun

澳門 (Omun) (hangeul 오문)

  1. hanja form? of 오문 : Macau (a city, special administrative region, and peninsula in China, west of Hong Kong)

Vietnamese

More information chữ Hán Nôm in this term ...

Proper noun

澳門

  1. chữ Hán form of Áo Môn: Macau (a city, special administrative region, and peninsula in China, west of Hong Kong)

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