WordTaiwan frequency #22,598
婆羅門
ㄆㄛˊ ㄌㄨㄛˊ ㄇㄣˊ
“Sanskrit transliteration for Brahmin, India's highest hereditary priestly caste; by extension, any ordained practitioner or monastic.”
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婆
ㄆㄛˊ
An old woman; grandmother; mother-in-law; a term for certain professional women in the past; slang for a femme in a lesbian relationship.
羅
ㄌㄨㄛˊ
A surname; gauze or fine silk fabric; a net for catching birds or sifting; to gather or catch; to recruit.
門
ㄇㄣˊ
Door; gate; entrance; opening; family; lineage; school of thought; sect; key point; method; classifier for courses or fields of study.
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Words sharing these characters
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- 部門ㄅㄨˋ ㄇㄣˊdepartment; a distinct unit or division within an organization; branch; section.
- 老婆ㄌㄠˇ ㄆㄛˊwife; one's wife (informal, colloquial).
- 出門ㄔㄨ ㄇㄣˊto go out; to leave home; to go on a journey; (of a woman) to get married
- 金門ㄐㄧㄣ ㄇㄣˊKinmen (Quemoy), islands administered by Taiwan off the Fujian coast; Jinmen county in Quanzhou, Fujian, PRC; archaic: a gate adorned with gold, referring to an imperial gate; abbreviation for Jinmen Gate, a historical term for a place where officials waited for imperial summons.
- 門口ㄇㄣˊ ㄎㄡˇdoorway; entrance or exit of a gate; gate area; also: gatekeeper or doorman at an institution
- 大門ㄉㄚˋ ㄇㄣˊmain entrance or gate of a building; large and influential family; prominent clan
- 俄羅斯ㄜˊ ㄌㄨㄛˊ ㄙRussia; a country spanning Eastern Europe and Northern Asia.
- 專門ㄓㄨㄢ ㄇㄣˊspecialized; dedicated to a particular field or purpose; specially; specifically for a particular purpose; (of institutions, personnel) designated for a specific task
- 羅馬ㄌㄨㄛˊ ㄇㄚˇRome; capital of Italy, on the Tiber River; major cultural and historical center.
- 熱門ㄖㄜˋ ㄇㄣˊpopular; hot; in vogue; widely sought-after or talked about.
- 門檻ㄇㄣˊ ㄎㄢˇdoorstep; sill; threshold; minimum standard or requirement; knack or trick, especially a scheme to get something cheaper
- 婆婆ㄆㄛˊ ㄆㄛˊhusband's mother; mother-in-law; grandmother; term of respect for an older woman; (mainland) figurative term for leadership or officials.