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門戶
简 门户 · 繁 門戶Mandarin · pinyin mén hù
Meanings
- door
- strategic gateway
- portal
- faction
- sect
- family status
- family
- web portal
- (old) brothel
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2–4 · men2 hu4
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Rime Cantonese 粵拼
mun4 wu6
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noun
- door
- (figurative) gateway; important passageway; key
- (figurative) social status of one's family
- (figurative) faction; sect
- (computing) portal
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