掌门

掌門

zhǎngmén

noun

Meanings

1 sect leader
2 head of a school (esp. in wuxia)
3 head of a household or guild

Characters

palm, to hold, to be in charge

Examples

他被推为少林派的掌门。

Tā bèi tuī wéi Shàolín pài de zhǎngmén.

He was elevated to be the head of the Shaolin school.

掌门把秘籍传给了大弟子。

Zhǎngmén bǎ mìjí chuán gěi le dà dìzǐ.

The sect leader passed the secret manual to his senior disciple.

Tips

usage

Literally 'holding the gate.' In wuxia, the 掌门 is the keeper of the sect's techniques and traditions; in modern speech it can extend to the head of a family business or master of a craft lineage.

Stroke Order

掌 zhǎng

门 mén