旁門左道

Chinese

		side door; improper means	sorcery; witchcraft
trad. (旁門左道)		旁門	左道
simp. (旁门左道)		旁门	左道
Literally: “heretical sect”.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): pángmén zuǒdào

(Zhuyin): ㄆㄤˊ ㄇㄣˊ ㄗㄨㄛˇ ㄉㄠˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): pong⁴ mun⁴ zo² dou⁶

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: pángmén zuǒdào
  - Zhuyin: ㄆㄤˊ ㄇㄣˊ ㄗㄨㄛˇ ㄉㄠˋ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: parngmen tzuuodaw
  - IPA ^(key): /pʰɑŋ³⁵ mən³⁵ t͡su̯ɔ²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ tɑʊ̯⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: pong⁴ mun⁴ zo² dou⁶
  - Yale: pòhng mùhn jó douh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: pong⁴ mun⁴ dzo² dou⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: pong⁴ mun⁴ zo² dou⁶
  - IPA ^(key): /pʰɔːŋ²¹ muːn²¹ t͡sɔː³⁵ tou̯²²/

Idiom

旁門左道

(figuratively) trickery; deviousness; underhandedness

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