羅生門

Chinese

		to collect; to gather; to catch to collect; to gather; to catch; to shift; gauze	to be born; to give birth; life to be born; to give birth; life; to grow; student; raw	opening; door; gate opening; door; gate; doorway; gateway; valve; switch; way to do something; knack; family; house; (religious) sect; school (of thought); class; category; phylum or division (taxonomy)
trad. (羅生門)		羅	生	門
simp. (罗生门)		罗	生	门

Etymology

From Japanese 羅生門 (Rashōmon), name of the film Rashomon, based on Ryūnosuke Akutagawa's novel Rashōmon, whose name is an older spelling of Rajōmon (羅城門).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): luóshēngmén

(Zhuyin): ㄌㄨㄛˊ ㄕㄥㄇㄣˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): lo⁴ sang¹ mun⁴

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: luóshēngmén
  - Zhuyin: ㄌㄨㄛˊ ㄕㄥㄇㄣˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: luóshengmén
  - Wade–Giles: lo²-shêng¹-mên²
  - Yale: lwó-shēng-mén
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: luoshengmen
  - Palladius: лошэнмэнь (lošɛnmɛnʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /lwɔ³⁵ ʂɤŋ⁵⁵ mən³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: lo⁴ sang¹ mun⁴
  - Yale: lòh sāng mùhn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: lo⁴ sang¹ mun⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: lo⁴ seng¹ mun⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɔː²¹ sɐŋ⁵⁵ muːn²¹/

Noun

羅生門

doubtful case, controversy

Japanese

Kanji in this term
羅	生	門
ら Grade: S	しょう Grade: 1	もん Grade: 2
on’yomi

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ɾa̠ɕo̞ːmõ̞ɴ]
IPA^(key): [ɾa̠se̞ːmõ̞ɴ]

Proper noun

羅(ら)生(しょう)門(もん) or 羅生門(らせいもん) • (Rashōmon or Raseimon)

Alternative form of 羅城門 (“Rajōmon gate”)
Rashōmon, a Noh play by Kanze Nobumitsu
Rashomon, a 1950 film

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