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

Wikipedia has articles on:

• 雁門 (Written Standard Chinese^?)
• Yanmen Pass (English)
• Yanmen Commandery (English)
• Shanwu (English)
• Yinguan (English)
• Guangwu County (English)

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Yànmén

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄢˋ ㄇㄣˊ

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• 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

1. (～關) Yanmen Pass, a pass in northern Shanxi fortified as part of the Inner Great Wall, now a tourist site
2. (～郡) (historical) Yanmen Commandery, a former commandery of the Zhao Kingdom and of early imperial China
3. (～道) (historical) Yanmen Circuit, a former circuit of medieval China
4. (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)