鳴門

Chinese

		to cry (of birds)	opening; door; gate opening; door; gate; doorway; gateway; valve; switch; way to do something; knack; family; house; (religious) sect; school (of thought); class; category; phylum or division (taxonomy)
trad. (鳴門)		鳴	門
simp. (鸣门)		鸣	门

Etymology

Orthographic borrowing from Japanese 鳴門 (なると) (naruto).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): Míngmén

(Zhuyin): ㄇㄧㄥˊ ㄇㄣˊ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
  - Pinyin: Míngmén
  - Zhuyin: ㄇㄧㄥˊ ㄇㄣˊ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Mingmen
  - Tongyong Pinyin: Míngmén
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /miŋ³⁵ mən³⁵/
  - Homophones:
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    名門／名门
    鳴門／鸣门

Proper noun

鳴門

(～市) Naruto (a city in Tokushima, Japan)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
鳴	門
な(る) Grade: 2	と Grade: 2
kun’yomi

Noun

鳴門 (hiragana なると, katakana ナルト, rōmaji naruto)

The city of Naruto; famous for its whirlpools.
Short for 鳴門巻き / なると巻き (なるとまき, narutomaki) a type of kamaboko (蒲鉾)

See also

鳴門 on the Japanese Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^ja
Naruto, Tokushima on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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