法門
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See also: 法门
Chinese
law; method; way law; method; way; Buddhist teaching; Legalist; France (abbrev.) |
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 | ||
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trad. (法門) | 法 | 門 | |
simp. (法门) | 法 | 门 |
Etymology
Calque of Sanskrit धर्मपर्याय (dharmaparyāya), comprised of धर्म (“dharma”) + पर्याय (“method”).
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- Cantonese (Jyutping): faat3 mun4
- Eastern Min (BUC): huák-muòng
- Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hoat-mn̂g / hoat-bûn
- Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): 7faq-men
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄈㄚˇ ㄇㄣˊ
- Tongyong Pinyin: fǎmén
- Wade–Giles: fa3-mên2
- Yale: fǎ-mén
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: faamen
- Palladius: фамэнь (famɛnʹ)
- Sinological IPA (key): /fä²¹⁴⁻²¹ mən³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: faat3 mun4
- Yale: faat mùhn
- Cantonese Pinyin: faat8 mun4
- Guangdong Romanization: fad3 mun4
- Sinological IPA (key): /faːt̚³ muːn²¹/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
- Bàng-uâ-cê: huák-muòng
- Sinological IPA (key): /huaʔ²⁴⁻²¹ muoŋ⁵³/
- (Fuzhou)
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hoat-mn̂g
- Tâi-lô: huat-mn̂g
- Phofsit Daibuun: hoatmngg
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /huat̚³²⁻⁴ mŋ̍²³/
- IPA (Taipei): /huat̚³²⁻⁴ mŋ̍²⁴/
- (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hoat-bûn
- Tâi-lô: huat-bûn
- Phofsit Daibuun: hoatbuun
- IPA (Taipei): /huat̚³²⁻⁴ bun²⁴/
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /huat̚³²⁻⁴ bun²³/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
- Wu
Noun
法門
Derived terms
Descendants
Further reading
- Ding, Fubao (丁福保) (1922), “法門” in 佛學大辭典 [A Dictionary of Chinese Buddhist Terms].
Proper noun
法門
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