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掌門

简掌门 · 繁掌門

Cantonese · source Jyutpingzoeng2 mun4

master; the leader in charge o a system

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Source definition segments, in their original order. Characters a definition cites are shown without their Mandarin pinyin; classifier lists that CC-Canto copied from CC-CEDICT are marked Mandarin. The community dictionary is not independently verified by zimai.

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Reading & tones

zoeng22 · high risingmun44 · low falling

Schematic citation-tone diagrams from the source numbers. These are not recordings or predictions of connected speech.

Same syllable, six tones

zoeng张zoeng1to open up 奖zoeng2prize 账zoeng3accountzoeng4—zoeng5—象zoeng6elephant

munmun1—mun2—mun3—門mun4gate 滿mun5to fill 闷mun6bored

Characters whose customary Unihan reading (kCantonese) is this syllable in each tone, chosen as in the tone atlas (2013 standard level, then the number of CC-CEDICT words they form), with CC-Canto 2017's meaning for that reading; a dash means no catalogue character has that reading. Checked syllables (-p, -t, -k) normally carry tones 1, 3 and 6. Character readings, not word readings; no frequency implied.

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Written characters

掌門门

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CC-CEDICT, the Mandarin–English dictionary, lists the same written form:

掌門 zhǎng mén CC-CEDICT · Mandarinsect leader (often in wuxia 武俠 wǔ xiá fiction)

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CC-Canto includes this pinyin reference: zhang3 men2. It does not establish a Mandarin word with the same meaning.

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