# 前門
## Chinese
### Pronunciation 1

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): qiánmén
    (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄢˊ ㄇㄣˊ
* Cantonese
    (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): cin$^4$ mun$^{4-2}$
    (Taishan, Wiktionary): ten$^3$ mong$^{3*}$
* Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chhièn-mùn
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chêng-mn̂g
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: qiánmén
*** Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄢˊ ㄇㄣˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: ciánmén
*** Wade–Giles: chʻien$^2$-mên$^2$
*** Yale: chyán-mén
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chyanmen
*** Palladius: цяньмэнь (cjanʹmɛnʹ)
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn³⁵ mən³⁵/
** (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: qiánménr
*** Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄢˊ ㄇㄣˊㄦ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: ciánménr
*** Wade–Giles: chʻien$^2$-mên$^2$-ʼrh
*** Yale: chyán-ménr
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chyanmel
*** Palladius: цяньмэньр (cjanʹmɛnʹr)
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn³⁵ məɻ³⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: cin$^4$ mun$^{4-2}$
*** Yale: chìhn mún
*** Cantonese Pinyin: tsin$^4$ mun$^{4-2}$
*** Guangdong Romanization: qin$^4$ mun$^{4-2}$
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sʰiːn²¹ muːn²¹⁻³⁵/
** (Taishanese, Taicheng)
*** Wiktionary: ten$^3$ mong$^{3*}$
*** Sinological IPA : /tʰen²² ᵐbɔŋ²²⁻²²⁵/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chhièn-mùn
*** Hakka Romanization System: qien$^ˇ$ mun$^ˇ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: qian$^2$ mun$^2$
*** Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰi̯en¹¹ mun¹¹/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chêng-mn̂g
*** Tâi-lô: tsîng-mn̂g
*** Phofsit Daibuun: zengmngg
*** IPA (Xiamen): /t͡siɪŋ²⁴⁻²² mŋ̍²⁴/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡siɪŋ²⁴⁻²² mŋ̍²⁴/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡siɪŋ¹³⁻²² mŋ̍¹³/
*** IPA (Taipei): /t͡siɪŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ mŋ̍²⁴/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡siɪŋ²³⁻³³ mŋ̍²³/

#### Noun

前門
* front door; front gate
       Nǐ jīntiān chūqù dehuà, jìde suǒshàng qiánmén. [Pinyin]
       If you go out today remember to lock the front door.

##### Antonyms

* 後門／后门 (hòumén)

### Pronunciation 2

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): Qiánmén
    (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄢˊ ㄇㄣˊ
* Mandarin
** (Beijing dialect)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: Qiánmén
*** Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄢˊ ㄇㄣˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: Ciánmén
*** Wade–Giles: Chʻien$^2$-mên$^2$
*** Yale: Chyán-mén
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Chyanmen
*** Palladius: Цяньмэнь (Cjanʹmɛnʹ)
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn³⁵ mən³⁵/

#### Proper noun

前門
* (informal) Alternative name for 正陽門／正阳门 (Zhèngyángmén).
* 前門

##### Coordinate terms

* 後門／后门 (Hòumén)

## Japanese

Kanji in this term :
| 前 | 門 |
| ぜん Grade: 2 | もん Grade: 2 |
| on'yomi ||

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [d͡zẽ̞mːõ̞ɴ]

### Noun

前(ぜん)門(もん) • (zenmon)
* a front gate
* (figuratively) the vagina, in contrast to 後門 (kōmon, “back gate”, figurative for anus)

#### Idioms

* 前門(ぜんもん)に虎(とら)を防(ふせ)ぎ後門(こうもん)に狼(おおかみ)を進(すす)む (zenmon ni tora o fusegi kōmon ni ōkami o susumu): "blocking a tiger at the front gate, [but] letting a wolf proceed at the back gate" → caught between the devil and the deep blue sea
* 前門(ぜんもん)の虎(とら)、後門(こうもん)の狼(おおかみ) (zenmon no tora, kōmon no ōkami): "tiger at the front gate, wolf at the back gate" → caught between the devil and the deep blue sea

#### Synonyms

* (front gate, not figurative): 正門(せいもん) (seimon)
* (literal and figurative): 表門(おもてもん) (omotemon)

#### Antonyms

* (antonym(s) of “literal and figurative”): 後門(こうもん) (kōmon)
* (antonym(s) of “literal and figurative”): 裏門(うらもん) (uramon)