閉門羹

Chinese

		to close the door; to seclude oneself; to isolate oneself	soup
trad. (閉門羹)		閉門	羹
simp. (闭门羹)		闭门	羹
Literally: “closed-door soup”.

Etymology

See the etymology at 吃閉門羹／吃闭门羹 (chī bìméngēng).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): bìméngēng

(Zhuyin): ㄅㄧˋ ㄇㄣˊ ㄍㄥ
Cantonese (Jyutping): bai³ mun⁴ gang¹
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): pì-bûn-keng / pì-mn̂g-keⁿ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: bìméngēng
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄧˋ ㄇㄣˊ ㄍㄥ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: bìméngeng
  - Wade–Giles: pi⁴-mên²-kêng¹
  - Yale: bì-mén-gēng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bihmengeng
  - Palladius: бимэньгэн (bimɛnʹgɛn)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pi⁵¹ mən³⁵ kɤŋ⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: bai³ mun⁴ gang¹
  - Yale: bai mùhn gāng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: bai³ mun⁴ gang¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: bei³ mun⁴ geng¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɐi̯³³ muːn²¹ kɐŋ⁵⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pì-bûn-keng
  - Tâi-lô: pì-bûn-king
  - Phofsit Daibuun: pie'bunkefng
  - IPA (Xiamen): /pi²¹⁻⁵³ bun²⁴⁻²² kiɪŋ⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pì-mn̂g-keⁿ
  - Tâi-lô: pì-mn̂g-kenn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: piemngkvef
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /pi²¹⁻⁴¹ mŋ̍²³⁻³³ kẽ⁴⁴/

Noun

閉門羹

denial of entrance

Derived terms

吃閉門羹 / 吃闭门羹 (chī bìméngēng)
嘗閉門羹 / 尝闭门羹
食閉門羹 / 食闭门羹