mén

gate, door, entrance, opening

DEFINITIONS

門 mén
  • surname Men
  • gate
  • door
  • CL:扇[shan4]
  • gateway
  • doorway
  • CL:個|个[ge4]
  • opening
  • valve
  • switch
  • way to do something
  • knack
  • family
  • house
  • (religious) sect
  • school (of thought)
  • class
  • category
  • phylum or division (taxonomy)
  • classifier for large guns
  • classifier for lessons, subjects, branches of technology
  • (suffix) -gate (i.e. scandal; derived from Watergate)

STROKES

WORDS

道 mén dào doorway; gateway
道 mén dao the way to do sth; knack
邊框 mén biān kuàng door frame; door pillars
釦 mén kòu door latch
鈴 mén líng doorbell
鉸 mén jiǎo door hinge
鎖 mén suǒ door lock
閂 mén shuān horizontal bar to hold a door closed (made of wood or metal); door bolt
閥 mén fá rich and powerful family
限 mén xiàn doorsill
階 mén jiē doorstep; threshold
面 mén mian shop front; facade; CL:間|间[jian1]; prestige
頭溝 mén tóu gōu Mentougou district of Beijing municipality
頭溝區 mén tóu gōu qū Mentougou district of Beijing
額 mén é area above the lintel of a doorway
類 mén lèi category; kind; class
風 mén fēng family tradition; family principles
首 mén shǒu doorway; gate; entrance
齒 mén chǐ incisor
bì mén to close a door
塞竇 bì mén sè dòu to close doors and block openings (idiom); mounting a strict defense
思過 bì mén sī guò shut oneself up and ponder over one's mistakes
羹 bì mén gēng see 吃閉門羹|吃闭门羹[chi1 bi4 men2 geng1]
覓句 bì mén mì jù lit. lock the door and search for the right word (idiom); fig. the serious hard work of writing
造車 bì mén zào chē lit. to build a cart behind closed doors; to be overly subjective and disregard the outside world (idiom)