沙門
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Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄕㄚ ㄇㄣˊ
- Tongyong Pinyin: shamén
- Wade–Giles: sha1-mên2
- Yale: shā-mén
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shamen
- Palladius: шамэнь (šamɛnʹ)
- Sinological IPA (key): /ʂä⁵⁵ mən³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: saa1 mun4
- Yale: sā mùhn
- Cantonese Pinyin: saa1 mun4
- Guangdong Romanization: sa1 mun4
- Sinological IPA (key): /saː⁵⁵ muːn²¹/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Southern Min
- Middle Chinese: srae mwon
Etymology 1
Possibly from Tocharian, likely the Tocharian A ṣāmaṃ (Ji, 1998v12). Ultimately from Sanskrit श्रमण (śramaṇa), possibly via Gandhari 𐨮𐨨𐨣 (ṣamana /ʂəmənə/) (see Karashima, 2010).
Noun
沙門
Derived terms
Descendants
Etymology 2
Proper noun
沙門
- (archaic) former name of the Changshan Archipelago between the Shandong and Liaoning peninsulas in northeastern China
Synonyms
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