# 門人
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): ménrén
    (Zhuyin): ㄇㄣˊ ㄖㄣˊ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): mun$^4$ jan$^4$
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): mn̂g-lâng
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: ménrén
*** Zhuyin: ㄇㄣˊ ㄖㄣˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: ménrén
*** Wade–Giles: mên$^2$-jên$^2$
*** Yale: mén-rén
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: menren
*** Palladius: мэньжэнь (mɛnʹžɛnʹ)
*** Sinological IPA : /mən³⁵ ʐən³⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: mun$^4$ jan$^4$
*** Yale: mùhn yàhn
*** Cantonese Pinyin: mun$^4$ jan$^4$
*** Guangdong Romanization: mun$^4$ yen$^4$
*** Sinological IPA : /muːn²¹ jɐn²¹/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: mn̂g-lâng
*** Tâi-lô: mn̂g-lâng
*** Phofsit Daibuun: mnglaang
*** IPA (Xiamen): /mŋ̍²⁴⁻²² laŋ²⁴/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /mŋ̍²⁴⁻²² laŋ²⁴/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /mŋ̍¹³⁻²² laŋ¹³/
*** IPA (Taipei): /mŋ̍²⁴⁻¹¹ laŋ²⁴/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /mŋ̍²³⁻³³ laŋ²³/
* Middle Chinese: mwon nyin
Rime :
| Character | 門 | 人 |
| Reading # | 1/1 | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 明 (4) | 日 (38) |
| Final (韻) | 魂 (55) | 眞 (43) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) | Level (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Closed | Open |
| Division (等) | I | III |
| Fanqie | 莫奔切 | 如鄰切 |
| Baxter | mwon | nyin |
| Reconstructions |||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /muən/ | /ȵiɪn/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /muon/ | /ȵin/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /muən/ | /ȵʑjen/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /mwən/ | /ȵin/ |
| Li Rong | /muən/ | /ȵiĕn/ |
| Wang Li | /muən/ | /ȵʑĭĕn/ |
| Bernard Karlgren | /muən/ | /ȵʑi̯ĕn/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | mén | rén |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | mun$^4$ | jan$^4$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Baxter–Sagart): /*mˤə[r] ni[ŋ]/
    (Zhengzhang): /*mɯːn njin/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 門 | 人 |
| Reading # | 1/1 | 1/1 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | mén | rén |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ mwon › | ‹ nyin › |
| Old Chinese | /*mˁə[r]/ | /*ni[ŋ]/ |
| English | gate, door | (other) person |
| Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary. |||
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 門 | 人 |
| Reading # | 1/1 | 1/1 |
| No. | 8960 | 10800 |
| Phonetic component | 門 | 人 |
| Rime group | 文 | 眞 |
| Rime subdivision | 1 | 1 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 門 | 仁 |
| Old Chinese | /*mɯːn/ | /*njin/ |

### Noun

門人
* door guard; gate guard
* disciple

#### Synonyms

* (disciple):
* 學師仔／学师仔 (hok$^6$ si$^1$ zai$^2$) (Cantonese)
* 學徒／学徒 (xuétú)
* 學徒工／学徒工 (xuétúgōng)
* 學生／学生 (xuéshēng)
* 師仔／师仔 (Hokkien, Taishanese)
* 師仔工／师仔工 (Hokkien)
* 師哥／师哥 (Longyan Min)
* 師囝／师囝 (sai$^1$ gian$^2$) (Teochew)
* 弟子 (dìzǐ)
* 徒工 (túgōng)
* 徒弟 (túdì)
* 徒弟伢子 (dou$^2$ di$^4$ nga$^2$ zr) (Xiang)
* 徒弟娃兒／徒弟娃儿 (tu$^2$ di$^4$ war$^2$) (Sichuanese)
* 門徒／门徒 (méntú)
* 門生／门生 (ménshēng) (literary)

#### Descendants

* → Japanese: 門人(もんじん) (monjin)

## Japanese

Kanji in this term :
| 門 | 人 |
| もん Grade: 2 | じん Grade: 1 |
| goon | kan'on |

### Etymology

From Middle Chinese 門人 (MC mwon nyin) (Can this etymology be sourced?).

### Pronunciation

* (Tokyo) もんじん [mòńjíń] (Heiban – [0])
* IPA: [mõ̞ɲ̟d͡ʑĩɴ]

### Noun

門(もん)人(じん) • (monjin)
* a disciple, follower, pupil, student
    Synonyms: 弟子 (deshi), 門弟 (montei)

### References

* ↑ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN