龍門

See also: 龙门

Chinese

		dragon; imperial; surname	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. (龍門)		龍	門
simp. (龙门)		龙	门

Wikipedia has articles on:

• 龍門 (Written Standard Chinese^?)
• 龍門 (Cantonese)
• Liông-mn̂g-koān (Southern Min)

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): lóngmén

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄨㄥˊ ㄇㄣˊ

  (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): nong² men²

• Cantonese (Jyutping): lung⁴ mun⁴
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): liùng-mùn
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): lêng-mn̂g / liông-mn̂g / liông-bûn
• Wu (Northern, Wugniu): ⁶lon-men / ²lon-men₂

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: lóngmén
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄨㄥˊ ㄇㄣˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: lóngmén
    • Wade–Giles: lung²-mên²
    • Yale: lúng-mén
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: longmen
    • Palladius: лунмэнь (lunmɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lʊŋ³⁵ mən³⁵/
  • (Chengdu)
    • Sichuanese Pinyin: nong² men²
    • Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: lungmen
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /noŋ²¹ mən²¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: lung⁴ mun⁴
    • Yale: lùhng mùhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: lung⁴ mun⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: lung⁴ mun⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lʊŋ²¹ muːn²¹/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: liùng-mùn
    • Hakka Romanization System: liung^ˇ mun^ˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: liung² mun²
    • Sinological IPA: /li̯uŋ¹¹ mun¹¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lêng-mn̂g
    • Tâi-lô: lîng-mn̂g
    • Phofsit Daibuun: lengmngg
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /liɪŋ²³⁻³³ mŋ̍²³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /liɪŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ mŋ̍²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: liông-mn̂g
    • Tâi-lô: liông-mn̂g
    • Phofsit Daibuun: liongmngg
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /liɔŋ²³⁻³³ mŋ̍²³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /liɔŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ mŋ̍²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: liông-bûn
    • Tâi-lô: liông-bûn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: liongbuun
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /liɔŋ²³⁻³³ bun²³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /liɔŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ bun²⁴/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁶lon-men
    • MiniDict: lon^去 men
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³lon-men
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /loŋ²² mən⁴⁴/
  • (Northern: Hangzhou)
    • Wugniu: ²lon-men₂
    • MiniDict: lon^平 men^平
    • Sinological IPA (Hangzhou): /loŋ²² men³⁴/

Noun

龍門

1. gateway to success
2. fame; glory
3. influential person; powerful person
4. (historical) entrance to the imperial examinations hall
5. (Cantonese, soccer and other sports) goal

   守龍門／守龙门 [Cantonese]  ―  sau² lung⁴ mun⁴ [Jyutping]  ―  (please add an English translation of this usage example)

6. (Cantonese, sports) goalkeeper

Synonyms

• (goal):

Dialectal synonyms of 球門 (“goal (in sports)”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		球門
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	球門
Cantonese	Guangzhou	龍門, 大門
	Hong Kong	龍門, 龍
Southern Min	Xiamen	球門
	Leizhou	波門

• (goalkeeper):

Dialectal synonyms of 守門員 (“goalkeeper”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		守門員, 門將, 門衛
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	守門員, 門將
Cantonese	Guangzhou	龍門, 大門
	Hong Kong	龍門, 龍, 門將
Southern Min	Leizhou	波門
Wu	Shanghai	搞爾

Derived terms

• 一登龍門 / 一登龙门
• 合龍門 / 合龙门
• 搬龍門 / 搬龙门
• 暴腮龍門 / 暴腮龙门
• 曝腮龍門 / 曝腮龙门
• 曝鰓龍門 / 曝鳃龙门
• 登龍門 / 登龙门 (dēng lóngmén)
• 跳龍門 / 跳龙门
• 銅龍門 / 铜龙门
• 魚躍龍門 / 鱼跃龙门
• 鯉躍龍門 / 鲤跃龙门
• 鯉魚跳龍門 / 鲤鱼跳龙门
• 龍門二十品 / 龙门二十品
• 龍門刨 / 龙门刨 (lóngménbào)
• 龍門刨床 / 龙门刨床
• 龍門吊 / 龙门吊 (lóngméndiào)
• 龍門山 / 龙门山
• 龍門扶風 / 龙门扶风
• 龍門石窟 / 龙门石窟
• 龍門造像 / 龙门造像
• 龍門陣 / 龙门阵 (lóngménzhèn)
• 龍門點額 / 龙门点额

Proper noun

龍門

1. (～縣) Longmen (a county of Huizhou, Guangdong, China)
2. (～街道) Longmen (a subdistrict of Wushan, Chongqing, China)
3. (archaic, literary) "Longmen", a nickname for Sima Qian on account of his birthplace having been Longmen County