過門

Chinese

		to cross; to go over; (experienced action marker) to cross; to go over; (experienced action marker); to pass; to celebrate; to live; to get along; excessively; too-	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. (過門)		過	門
simp. (过门)		过	门

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): guòmén

(Zhuyin): ㄍㄨㄛˋ ㄇㄣˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): gwo³ mun⁴
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): ko-mùn
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): kè-mn̂g / kèr-mn̂g / kòe-mûi / kòe-mn̂g
Wu (Northern, Wugniu): ⁵ku ⁶men; ⁵ku-men / ⁵kou ²men; ³kou₅-men₂

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: guòmén
  - Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄛˋ ㄇㄣˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: guòmén
  - Wade–Giles: kuo⁴-mên²
  - Yale: gwò-mén
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: guohmen
  - Palladius: гомэнь (gomɛnʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ku̯ɔ⁵¹ mən³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: gwo³ mun⁴
  - Yale: gwo mùhn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: gwo³ mun⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: guo³ mun⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʷɔː³³ muːn²¹/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ko-mùn
  - Hakka Romanization System: go mun^ˇ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: go⁴ mun²
  - Sinological IPA: /ko⁵⁵ mun¹¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Taipei)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kè-mn̂g
  - Tâi-lô: kè-mn̂g
  - Phofsit Daibuun: keamngg
  - IPA (Xiamen): /ke²¹⁻⁵³ mŋ̍²⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /ke¹¹⁻⁵³ mŋ̍²⁴/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kèr-mn̂g
  - Tâi-lô: kèr-mn̂g
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /kə⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ mŋ̍²⁴/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kòe-mûi
  - Tâi-lô: kuè-muî
  - Phofsit Daibuun: koeamuii
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /kue²¹⁻⁵³ muĩ¹³/
- (Hokkien: Kaohsiung)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kòe-mn̂g
  - Tâi-lô: kuè-mn̂g
  - Phofsit Daibuun: koeamngg
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /kue²¹⁻⁴¹ mŋ̍²³/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ⁵ku ⁶men; ⁵ku-men
  - MiniDict: ku^去 men^去; ku^去 men
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ²ku ³men; ²ku-men
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ku⁴⁴ mən²³/, /ku³³ mən⁴⁴/
- (Northern: Suzhou)
  - Wugniu: ⁵kou ²men; ³kou₅-men₂
  - MiniDict: kou^去 men^平; kou^去 men^平
  - Sinological IPA (Suzhou): /kəu⁵¹ mən²²³/, /kəu⁵² mən¹¹/

Verb

過門

(of a woman) to get married (into the husband's house)
(Northern Wu, figurative) to let pass; to allow to happen; to get off someone's case
- 我失去仔親人末真傷心，搿點親眷朋友勿吃酒水末勿過門 [Suzhounese, trad.]
  我失去仔亲人末真伤心，搿点亲眷朋友勿吃酒水末勿过门 [Suzhounese, simp.]
  From: 1983, 小小得月樓 "The Little Moonshadow Tower"
  ⁶ngou ⁷seq-chiu₅-tsy₃ ¹tshin-gnin₂-meq₈ ¹tsen ¹saon-sin₁ ⁸geq-ti₅ ¹tshin-cioe₅ ²ban-yeu₆ ⁷feq-chiq₇ ³tseu-syu₃-meq₈ ⁷feq-kou₅ ²men [Wugniu]
  So mournful I am having lost my family; this bunch of relatives and friends won't do without having a feast.

Synonyms

(to get married): 出嫁 (chūjià)

Noun

過門

(musical) interlude; transition
(Suzhounese, figurative) trick; knack; wit; know-how; way to get through a problem