Etymology

Chin-men

Mandarin 金門
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  1. Mandarin · borrowed from金門
  2. English todayChin-men

From the Wade–Giles romanization of the Mandarin 金門 (Chin¹-mên²).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.