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

開大油 kāi dà yóu mén to open the throttle; to accelerate; to let her rip
開後 kāi hòu mén to open the back door; fig. under the counter; to do a secret or dishonest deal; to let sth in by the back door
kāi mén to open a door (lit. and fig.); to open for business
揖盜 kāi mén yī dào leaving the door open invites the thief (idiom); to invite disaster by giving evildoers a free hand
炮 kāi mén pào firecrackers set off at the stroke of midnight on New Year's Day (a Chinese tradition)
紅 kāi mén hóng a good beginning
見山 kāi mén jiàn shān lit. to open the door and see the mountain; fig. to get right to the point (idiom)
zhá mén sluice gate
fá mén valve (mechanical)
旦 guī mén dàn young unmarried lady role in Chinese opera
闖空 chuǎng kōng mén to break into a house when nobody is home
guān mén to close a door; to lock a door; (of a shop etc) to close (for the night, or permanently)
大吉 guān mén dà jí to close down a business for good and put the best face on it (idiom)
弟子 guān mén dì zǐ last disciple of a master
捉賊 guān mén zhuō zéi to catch a thief by closing his escape route (idiom)
阜成 fù chéng mén Fuchengmen neighborhood of Beijing
防盜 fáng dào mén security door
fáng mén defensive gate
ā mén amen (loanword)
阿黑尼德王朝 ā hēi mén ní dé wáng cháo Achaemenid Empire of Persian (559-330 BC)
yīn mén vulva; pudenda
雅典的泰 yǎ diǎn de tài mén Timon of Athens, 1607 tragedy by William Shakespeare 莎士比亞|莎士比亚[Sha1 shi4 bi3 ya4]
雙喜臨 shuāng xǐ lín mén two simultaneous happy events in the family
電話 diàn huà mén "Phone Gate", corruption scandal unearthed through telephone records
diàn mén electric switch