閉門羹

Chinese

		to close the door; to seclude oneself; to isolate oneself	soup
trad. (閉門羹)		閉門	羹
simp. (闭门羹)		闭门	羹
Literally: “‘closed-door soup’”.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): bìméngēng

(Zhuyin): ㄅㄧˋ ㄇㄣˊ ㄍㄥ
Cantonese (Jyutping): bai³ mun⁴ gang¹
Min Nan (POJ): pì-mn̂g-keⁿ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: bìméngēng
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄧˋ ㄇㄣˊ ㄍㄥ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bihmengeng
  - Tongyong Pinyin: bìméngeng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pi⁵¹ mən³⁵ kɤŋ⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: bai³ mun⁴ gang¹
  - Yale: bai mùhn gāng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: bai³ mun⁴ gang¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: bei³ mun⁴ geng¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɐi̯³³ muːn²¹ kɐŋ⁵⁵/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pì-mn̂g-keⁿ
  - Tâi-lô: pì-mn̂g-kenn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: piemngkvef
  - IPA (Xiamen): /pi²¹⁻⁵³ mŋ̍²⁴⁻²² kẽ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /pi⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ mŋ̍²⁴⁻²² kẽ³³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /pi²¹⁻⁵³ mŋ̍¹³⁻²² kɛ̃⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /pi¹¹⁻⁵³ mŋ̍²⁴⁻¹¹ kẽ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /pi²¹⁻⁴¹ mŋ̍²³⁻³³ kẽ⁴⁴/

Noun

閉門羹

denial of entrance; See 吃閉門羹／吃闭门羹 (chī bìméngēng).

Derived terms

吃閉門羹／吃闭门羹 (chī bìméngēng)
嘗閉門羹／尝闭门羹

食閉門羹／食闭门羹

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