教門

Chinese

		teach; teaching; religion	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. (教門/敎門)		教/敎	門
simp. (教门)		教	门

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): jiàomén

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄠˋ ㄇㄣˊ

  (Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): җёмын (ži͡omɨn, III-I)

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gaau³ mun⁴ / gaau³ mun^4-2

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jiàomén
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄠˋ ㄇㄣˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jiàomén
    • Wade–Giles: chiao⁴-mên²
    • Yale: jyàu-mén
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiawmen
    • Palladius: цзяомэнь (czjaomɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ɑʊ̯⁵¹ mən³⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed) (教門兒／教门儿)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jiàoménr
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄠˋ ㄇㄣˊㄦ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jiàoménr
    • Wade–Giles: chiao⁴-mên²-ʼrh
    • Yale: jyàu-ménr
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiawmel
    • Palladius: цзяомэньр (czjaomɛnʹr)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ɑʊ̯⁵¹ məɻ³⁵/
  • (Dungan)
    • Cyrillic and Wiktionary: җёмын (ži͡omɨn, III-I)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕiɔː⁴⁴ məŋ²⁴/

    (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gaau³ mun⁴ / gaau³ mun^4-2
    • Yale: gaau mùhn / gaau mún
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gaau³ mun⁴ / gaau³ mun^4-2
    • Guangdong Romanization: gao³ mun⁴ / gao³ mun^4-2
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kaːu̯³³ muːn²¹/, /kaːu̯³³ muːn²¹⁻³⁵/

Noun

教門

1. (colloquial) Islam
2. sect; denomination; church
3. (dialectal Mandarin) religion

Synonyms

• (Islam):

Dialectal synonyms of 伊斯蘭教 (“Islam”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		伊斯蘭教, 回教, 清真教 dated
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	教門兒
	Taiwan	回教, 伊斯蘭教
	Malaysia	回教
	Singapore	回教
Central Plains Mandarin	Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan)	йисламу, 回回教
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	伊斯蘭教
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	教門
	Yangzhou	教門
Cantonese	Guangzhou	教門
	Hong Kong	回教, 伊斯蘭教
Hakka	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	回教, 伊斯蘭教
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	回教, 伊斯蘭教
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	回教, 伊斯蘭教
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	回教, 伊斯蘭教
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	回教, 伊斯蘭教
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	回教, 伊斯蘭教
Southern Min	Xiamen	伊斯蘭教, 回教
	Taipei	回教 GT, 回回教 GT
	Penang (Hokkien)	回教
	Singapore (Hokkien)	回教, 伊斯蘭教
	Manila (Hokkien)	回教
Wu	Wenzhou	教門
Note	GT - General Taiwanese (no specific region identified)

• (sect): 教派 (jiàopài)
• (religion): 宗教 (zōngjiào)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (教門):

• → Japanese: 教(きょう)門(もん) (kyōmon)
• → Korean: 교문(敎門) (gyomun)