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Pronunciation

Peng'im: zion2 meng5
POJ: tsióⁿ-mûrng
Variety: chaozhou

Meanings and usage

verb: to watch a door; to guard a door
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The page lists both a general noun sense ('head of a martial arts school') and a Teochew/Hakka/Hainanese-specific verb sense ('to guard a door'); the verb sense's listed Teochew Peng'im reading matches the given pronunciation, so that sense was chosen over the noun sense.

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