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

而出 duó mén ér chū to rush out through a door (idiom)
好事不出,惡事傳千里 hǎo shì bù chū mén , è shì chuán qiān lǐ lit. good deeds do not go beyond the door, evil deeds spread a thousand miles; a good deed goes unnoticed, but scandal spreads fast (idiom)
婆羅 pó luó mén Brahmin
婆羅教 pó luó mén jiào Brahmanism; Hinduism
kǒng mén Confucius' school (i.e. his direct disciples)
shǒu mén to keep goal; on duty as gatekeeper
人 shǒu mén rén gatekeeper
員 shǒu mén yuán goalkeeper
安定 ān dìng mén Andingmen neighborhood of Beijing
宣武 xuān wǔ mén Xuanwumen, Beijing
huàn mén family of officials; family with connections to the bureaucracy (i.e. the middle classes in imperial China)
jiā mén house door; family clan
密閉 mì bì mén airtight door
hán mén poor and humble family; my family (humble)
shè mén (soccer, handball etc) to kick or shoot the ball towards the goal
zhuān mén specialist; specialized; customized
人員 zhuān mén rén yuán specialist; specialized staff
列車 zhuān mén liè chē special train
化 zhuān mén huà to specialize
家 zhuān mén jiā specialist
機構 zhuān mén jī gòu specialized agency
duì mén the building or room opposite
子 kāo mén zi anus (rural coll.)
píng mén screen door
tún mén Tuen Mun district of New Territories, Hong Kong