# 西門
## Chinese
### Etymology 1

* 西門

#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): xīmén
    (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧ ㄇㄣˊ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): sai$^1$ mun$^4$
* Hakka
    (Sixian, PFS): sî-mùn
    (Hailu, HRS): si$^ˋ$ mun
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): se-mn̂g
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: xīmén
*** Zhuyin: ㄒㄧ ㄇㄣˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: simén
*** Wade–Giles: hsi$^1$-mên$^2$
*** Yale: syī-mén
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shimen
*** Palladius: симэнь (simɛnʹ)
*** Sinological IPA : /ɕi⁵⁵ mən³⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: sai$^1$ mun$^4$
*** Yale: sāi mùhn
*** Cantonese Pinyin: sai$^1$ mun$^4$
*** Guangdong Romanization: sei$^1$ mun$^4$
*** Sinological IPA : /sɐi̯⁵⁵ muːn²¹/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sî-mùn
*** Hakka Romanization System: xi$^ˊ$ mun$^ˇ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: xi$^1$ mun$^2$
*** Sinological IPA: /si²⁴ mun¹¹/
** (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
*** Hakka Romanization System: si$^ˋ$ mun
*** Sinological IPA: /si⁵³ mun⁵⁵/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: se-mn̂g
*** Tâi-lô: se-mn̂g
*** Phofsit Daibuun: semngg
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /se⁴⁴⁻³³ mŋ̍²³/
*** IPA (Taipei): /se⁴⁴⁻³³ mŋ̍²⁴/

#### Noun

西門
* (literary) west gate of a walled city

##### Coordinate terms

* 東門／东门 (dōngmén)
* 南門／南门 (nánmén)
* 北門／北门 (běimén)

##### Derived terms

* 西門町 / 西门町 (Xīméndīng)

#### Proper noun

西門
* a Chinese compound surname
    西門豹／西门豹 ― Xīmén Bào ― Ximen Bao (engineer from the state of Wei during the Warring States period)
    西門慶／西门庆 ― Xīmén Qìng ― Ximen Qing (character in the novels Water Margin and Jin Ping Mei)

### Etymology 2

From Ancient Greek Σίμων (Símōn).

#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): Xīmén
    (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧ ㄇㄣˊ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): sai$^1$ mun$^4$
* Hakka
    (Sixian, PFS): Sî-mùn
    (Hailu, HRS): si$^ˋ$ mun
* Eastern Min (BUC): Să̤-muòng
* Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): se$^1$ mong$^2$ / se$^1$ muong$^2$
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): Se-bûn
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: Xīmén
*** Zhuyin: ㄒㄧ ㄇㄣˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: Simén
*** Wade–Giles: Hsi$^1$-mên$^2$
*** Yale: Syī-mén
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Shimen
*** Palladius: Симэнь (Simɛnʹ)
*** Sinological IPA : /ɕi⁵⁵ mən³⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: sai$^1$ mun$^4$
*** Yale: sāi mùhn
*** Cantonese Pinyin: sai$^1$ mun$^4$
*** Guangdong Romanization: sei$^1$ mun$^4$
*** Sinological IPA : /sɐi̯⁵⁵ muːn²¹/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: Sî-mùn
*** Hakka Romanization System: xi$^ˊ$ mun$^ˇ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: xi$^1$ mun$^2$
*** Sinological IPA: /si²⁴ mun¹¹/
** (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
*** Hakka Romanization System: si$^ˋ$ mun
*** Sinological IPA: /si⁵³ mun⁵⁵/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: Să̤-muòng
*** Sinological IPA : /sɛ⁵⁵ muoŋ⁵³/
* Puxian Min
** (Putian)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: se$^1$ mong$^2$ [Phonetic: se$^5$ mong$^2$]
*** Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: Sa̤-meóng
*** Sinological IPA : /ɬe⁵³³⁻²¹ mɔŋ¹³/
** (Xianyou)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: se$^1$ muong$^2$ [Phonetic: se$^5$ muong$^2$]
*** Sinological IPA : /ɬe⁵³³⁻²¹ muoŋ¹³/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Se-bûn
*** Tâi-lô: Se-bûn
*** Phofsit Daibuun: se'buun
*** IPA (Xiamen): /se⁴⁴⁻²² bun²⁴/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /se³³ bun²⁴/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /se⁴⁴⁻²² bun¹³/
*** IPA (Taipei): /se⁴⁴⁻³³ bun²⁴/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /se⁴⁴⁻³³ bun²³/

#### Proper noun

西門
* (Protestantism or secular) Simon

##### Synonyms

| Branch | Words |
| Protestant | 西門 |
| Roman Catholic | 西滿 |
| Eastern Orthodox | 西蒙 |
| Church of the East | 岑穩 |

### Etymology 3
#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): Xīmén
    (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧ ㄇㄣˊ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): sai$^1$ mun$^4$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: Xīmén
*** Zhuyin: ㄒㄧ ㄇㄣˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: Simén
*** Wade–Giles: Hsi$^1$-mên$^2$
*** Yale: Syī-mén
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Shimen
*** Palladius: Симэнь (Simɛnʹ)
*** Sinological IPA : /ɕi⁵⁵ mən³⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: sai$^1$ mun$^4$
*** Yale: sāi mùhn
*** Cantonese Pinyin: sai$^1$ mun$^4$
*** Guangdong Romanization: sei$^1$ mun$^4$
*** Sinological IPA : /sɐi̯⁵⁵ muːn²¹/

#### Proper noun

西門
* (Can we verify this sense?) A transliteration of the German surname Siemens
** 2017, 李錫霖, 蔡榮根, 《鋼結構設計》 [Design of Steel Structures], second edition, Taipei: 五南出版, →ISBN, page 8:
       Xīyuán 1868 nián, Déguó de Wēilián Xīmén (William Siemens) hé Fólǐdéruì Xīmén (Freidrich Siemens) xiōngdì wèile kèfú Bǎisàimài fǎ liàngāng pǐnzhì shífēn bù wěndìng de wèntí, zài Yīngguó de Bómínghǎn fāmíngle pínglú fǎ (Open Hearth Process) liàngāng [Pinyin]
       (please add an English translation of this quotation)