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

眼 sǎng mén yǎn throat
轎車 sì mén jiào chē sedan (motor car)
huí mén first return of bride to her parental home
囟腦 xìn nǎo mén fontanel (gap between the bones of an infant's skull)
xìn mén fontanel (gap between the bones of an infant's skull)
cōng mén window; chimney
圖坦卡 tú tǎn kǎ mén Tutankhamen, king of ancient Egypt 1333-1323 BC
江 tú mén jiāng variant of 圖們江|图们江[Tu2 men2 jiang1]
tǔ mén Tumen or Bumin Khan (-553), founder of Göktürk khanate
在家千日好,出一時難 zài jiā qiān rì hǎo , chū mén yī shí nán lit. at home, one can spend a thousand days in comfort, but spending a day away from home can be challenging (idiom); fig. there's no place like home
在家靠父母,出靠朋友 zài jiā kào fù mǔ , chū mén kào péng you one depends on one's parents when at home, and on one's friends when away from home (idiom)
chéng mén city gate
失火,殃及池魚 chéng mén shī huǒ , yāng jí chí yú a fire in the city gates is also a calamity for the fish in the moat (idiom); the bystander will also suffer; fig. you can't escape responsibility for your actions; ask not for whom the bell tolls - it tolls for thee
多孔動物 duō kǒng dòng wù mén (zoology) phylum Porifera (sponges)
dà mén the Doors, US rock band; entrance; door; gate; large and influential family
天安 tiān ān mén Tiananmen Gate, entrance of the Imperial City in Beijing
天安廣場 tiān ān mén guǎng chǎng Tiananmen Square
天安開了 tiān ān mén kāi le pants fly is down; the barn door is open
tiān mén Tianmen sub-prefecture level city in Hubei
冬 tiān mén dōng asparagus
冬科 tiān mén dōng kē Asparagaceae, family of flowering plants which includes asparagus
市 tiān mén shì Tianmen sub-prefecture level city in Hubei
太平 tài píng mén emergency exit
yí mén the Yi gate of 大梁, capital of Wei 魏 during Warring states
遁甲 qí mén dùn jiǎ ancient Chinese divination tradition (still in use today)