GATE    門戶門

MOBILE TIMBER HINDER:barrier IN a BIG HOLE THROUGH WHICH ONE WALKS so as to ENTER something.
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Old Chinese Criteria
1. The current general word for a gate or door of any kind is mén 門, but the word also refers specifically to the two-leaf main gate rather than small doors inside a building complex. 2. Fēi 扉 refers to a main gate which has only one leaf or to the leaf of a gate. 3. Hé 闔 refers generally to the wing of a door. Specifically - according to the Zheng's commentary to the LIJI - the word refers to the wooden wing. 4. Wéi 闈 (ant. dà mén 大門 ) refers to the minor gates to a compound or palace. 5. Lu �閭 refers to a gate of a neighbourhood or a village. 6. Hàn 閈 is another term for the gate of a village. 7. Yán 閻 refers to the gate inside a village or neighbourhood; it also refers to the small street in a village. 8. Hóng 閎 originally perhaps referred to the street gate inside a palace (??), but it can be also used as the general term for a gate. 9. Tà 闥 refers to a small door and also to the space inside the door.
黄金貴：古漢語同義詞辨釋詞典
HUANG JINGUI 2006 ARCHITECTURE 17. 門，雙扇對開。 戶，單扇的門，一般指內室之門，亦可作作門的泛稱。扇，用細竹或葦編的門簾，引申作內外門扇的泛稱。 扉，獨扇外門之木質門扇，較小。 闔，兩扇的外門之木質門扇，高大，泛指外門。 ARCHITECTURE 18. 閭，里、巷的大門。 閈，秦漢時楚方言的里門專稱。 閎，巷門。 閻，里巷內的門，小於閭。 闈，古代宮室、宗廟的旁側小門，特指內室門。 閨, 小於闈的圭形小門，上下通用，多用於女室。 閤，宮中小於 “ 閨 ” 的小門，也可泛指宮中最小的內門。 闥，居室、禁中的小門。
Modern Chinese Criteria
門 門戶 月洞門 月亮兒門 門楣 門墩 門梃 門樓 門檻 門板 門鈸 rough draft to BEGIN TO identify synonym group members for analysis, based on CL etc. 18.11.2003. CH ／
Hyponym
  • PASS　GATE IN LANDSCAPE THROUGH WHICH TRAFFIC HAS TO ENTER. (anc: 15/0, child: 0)
Part of
See also
  • DOORHOLE IN A WALL which CAN be BLOCKED, TYPICALLY PRODUCED USING TIMBER.
Hypernym
  • HINDER　STOP from ACT:doing what someone or something INTENDS to ACT:do. (anc: 13/0, child: 4)
  • STOP　ACT so as NOT to CONTINUE NOW:present ACTION. (anc: 12/0, child: 10)
  • ACT　MOVE OR NOT MOVE CONFORMING to one's SELF:own DECIDE:decision. (anc: 11/0, child: 24)
  • A Dictionary of Selected Synonyms in the Principal Indo-European Languages ( BUCK 1988) p. 7.22

  • Verzeichnis und Motivindex der Han-Darstellungen ( FINSTERBUSCH 1966) p. 231

    Pfostentor:

  • Verzeichnis und Motivindex der Han-Darstellungen ( FINSTERBUSCH 1966) p. 243

    Tor:

  • Verzeichnis und Motivindex der Han-Darstellungen ( FINSTERBUSCH 2000) p. 814

    Tor:

  • 韓非子同義詞研究 ( HANFEI TONGYI 2004) p. 47

  • 論衡同義詞研究 ( LUNHENG TONGYI 2004) p. 24

  • Lateinische Synonymik ( MENGE) p. 193

  • 王力古漢語字典 ( WANG LI 2000) p. 1561

    門，戶

    • Words (20 items)

    門  mén OC: mɯɯn MC: muo̝n 32 Attributions

    The current general word for a gate or door of any kind is mén 門, but the word also refers specifically to the two-leaf main gate rather than small doors inside a building complex.

      Word relations
    • Object: 閉/SHUT The most general word for closing anything is probably bì 閉.
    • Object: 開/OPEN Kāi 開 (ant. bì 閉 "close") and pì 闢 "open wide" (ant. fēng 封 "close tightly") refer primarily to the opening of doors, windows and the like.
    • Assoc: 戶/DOOR Hù 戶 refers to a one-leaf minor door which may be the main door to an ordinary home. [HUANG 1995: 1017 - 1018; ill.: SUN 1991: 44-17]
    • Assoc: 閨/DOOR Guī 閨 sometimes refers to the small door inside the living complex, but usually refers by synekdoche to the private quarters as a whole. [WANG 1993: 200; HUANG 1995: 1024; HANYU DACIDIAN: vol. 12, pp. 100]
    • Assoc: 闕/BUILDING Què 闕 are the buildings on both sides of the gate. The oldest textual evidence comes from the Western Zhou (see XIANG 1997: 523), neverthless què 闕 were most common in the Han. Originally, què 闕 were wooden constructions raised on platforms of rammed earth; in the Han period, they were often stone buildings.

    • 漢代の文物 Kandai no bunbutsu ( HAYASHI 1976) p. {pp. 68 - 69, tab. 4-36 - 4 38}

    • 古代文化词义集类辨考 ( HUANG 1995) p. 1013 - 1016

      Syntactic words
    • ntwo-wing (main) gate; main gate
    • nab.post-Nmetaphorical, towards Ngateway (leading) towardsCH
    • nabfigurative"gate"
    • nadSwithin the gates (of the building)CH
    • nof citycity gateCH
    • npost-Ngate of NCH
    閭  lǘ OC: ɡ-ra MC: li̯ɤ 6 Attributions

    Lu� 閭 refers to a gate of a neighbourhood or a village.

    • 古代文化词义集类辨考 ( HUANG 1995) p. 1020 - 1022

      Syntactic words
    • nneighbourhood gate; village gate (the height of which indicted status of the inhabitants)
    闔  hé OC: ɡaab MC: ɦɑp 5 Attributions

    Hé 闔 refers generally to the wing of a door. Specifically - according to the Zheng's commentary to the LIJI - the word refers to the wooden wing.

      Syntactic words
    • nleaf of an interior door
    • nmetonymymain gateLZ
    閎  hóng OC: ɡʷrɯɯŋ MC: ɦɣɛŋ 4 Attributions

    Hóng 閎 originally perhaps referred to the street gate inside a palace (??), but it can be also used as the general term for a gate.

    • 古代文化词义集类辨考 ( HUANG 1995) p. 1022 - 1023

      Syntactic words
    • ngate (ZUO)
    門戶  mén hù OC: mɯɯn ɡlaaʔ MC: muo̝n ɦuo̝ 4 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • NPfigurativethe avenues of access to power; the corridors of power
    閶  chāng OC: thjaŋ MC: tɕhi̯ɐŋ 3 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • nmain gate of palace
    閈  hàn OC: ɡaans MC: ɦɑn 2 Attributions

    Hàn 閈 is another term for the gate of a village.

      Syntactic words
    • ngate of entry to a small street
    關  guān OC: kroon MC: kɣan 2 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • ngate
    口  kǒu MC: khuwX OC: khooʔ 2 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • npost-Nentrance to N; exit of NDS
    扉  fēi OC: pɯl MC: pɨi 2 Attributions

    Fēi 扉 refers to a main gate which has only one leaf or to the leaf of a gate.

      Syntactic words
    • nleaf of a (two-leaf) door or gate; an outer gate with only one wing or leaf
    圉門  yǔ mén OC: ŋaʔ mɯɯn MC: ŋi̯ɤ muo̝n 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • NPsouthern gate of the royal Zho1u capital
    郭門  guō mén MC: kwak mwon OC: kʷaaɡ mɯɯn 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • NP(post-N)outer gateCH
    門閭  mén lǘ OC: mɯɯn ɡ-ra MC: muo̝n li̯ɤ 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • NPnonreferentialgates
    大門  dà mén OC: daads mɯɯn MC: dɑi muo̝n 1 Attribution

      Syntactic words
    • NPmain gate (as opposed to wéi 闈 "minor gate"
    襲  xí OC: zɯb MC: zip 0 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • nlayer of gates, depth of gates???
    閻  yán OC: k-lom MC: jiɛm 0 Attributions

    Yán 閻 refers to the gate inside a village or neighbourhood; it also refers to the small street in a village.

      Syntactic words
    • nsmaller village gate, smaller than lu� 閭 (XUN)
    闈  wéi OC: ɢul MC: ɦɨi 0 Attributions

    Wéi 闈 (ant. dà mén 大門) refers to the minor gates to a compound or palace.

      Syntactic words
    闥  tà OC: thaad MC: thɑt 0 Attributions

    Tà 闥 refers to a small door and also to the space inside the door.

      Syntactic words
    篳門  bì mén OC: pid mɯɯn MC: pit muo̝n 0 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • NPrustic bamboo gate
    閭閈  lǘ hàn OC: ɡ-ra ɡaans MC: li̯ɤ ɦɑn 0 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • NPpluralgates