西門

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Chinese

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Etymology 1

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west
opening; door; gate
opening; door; gate; doorway; gateway; valve; switch; way to do something; knack; family; house; (religious) sect; school (of thought); class; category; (taxonomy) phylum or division
 
trad. (西門) 西
simp. (西门) 西
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Noun

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西門

  1. (literary) west gate of a walled city
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Proper noun

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西門

  1. a surname
    西門西门  ―  Xīmén Qìng  ―  Ximen Qing (character in the novels Water Margin and Jin Ping Mei)

Etymology 2

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phonetic
trad. (西門) 西
simp. (西门) 西

From Ancient Greek Σίμων (Símōn).

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西門

  1. (Protestantism or secular) Simon
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Etymology 3

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phonetic
trad. (西門) 西
simp. (西门) 西

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西門

  1. A transliteration of the German surname Siemens