石門

简 石门 · 繁 石門
Mandarin · pinyin Shí mén

Meanings

  1. see 石門縣 Shí mén Xiàn
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石
shí · stone, rock, mineral; Kangxi radical 112
門
mén · gate, door, entrance, opening; Kangxi radical 169
门
mén · gate, door, entrance, opening
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2–2 · Shi2 men2

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

sek6 mun4

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noun

  1. (literally) gate made of stone

name

  1. (~市) (obsolete) Alternative name for 石家莊/石家庄 (Shíjiāzhuāng, “Shijiazhuang”).
  2. (~區) Shimen, Shihmen (a district of New Taipei City, Taiwan)
  3. (~縣) Shimen County (a county of Hunan, China)
  4. (~鎮) Shimen Town (name of several towns in China)
  5. (~里) Shimen (an urban village in Shimen district, New Taipei City, Taiwan)
  6. Shek Mun (an area of Hong Kong)

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