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沙门

shā mén

2-character word Traditional 沙門

What 沙门 means

1. monk (Sanskrit: Sramana, originally refers to north India)
2. Buddhist monk

The characters in 沙门

• 沙shāgranule; hoarse; raspy
• 门méngate; door; doorway; gateway; opening; valve; switch…

Words starting with 沙门

• 沙门菌Shā mén jūnsalmonella
• 沙门氏菌shā mén shì jūnSalmonella

Words containing 沙门

• 伤寒沙门氏菌shāng hán shā mén shì jūnsalmonella typhimurium

Sounds the same

Read shā mén, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 纱门screen door

Go deeper

• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read shā mén correctly.
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