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Môn Thần

Pronunciation Northern /mon˧˧ tʰə̤n˨˩/ Central /moŋ˧˥ tʰəŋ˧˧/ Southern /moŋ˧˧ tʰəŋ˨˩/
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door god
Noun
door god

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Meaning
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Sense 1 Noun
door god Discourse & LogicTheme

A divine guardian or deity in Chinese folk religion whose image is placed on doors to protect a building or household from evil spirits.

vi Nhiều gia đình dán hình Môn Thần lên cửa để cầu mong sự bình an.

en Many families stick images of the door god on their doors to pray for peace.

Parts
môn / thần / 門神
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Chinese characters Estimated from syllable mapping
Representative candidate
門神
Candidates by syllable
môn 門(菛) thần 神
Bold marks a representative candidate assembled from per-syllable character mappings. Parentheses show other candidates for the same syllable. It is not necessarily a source-aligned spelling for the whole word.
Similar
môn / môn học / môn đồ / môn khách …
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Use
đồng môn / bộ môn / cầu môn / hào môn …
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