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

擺龍陣 bǎi lóng mén zhèn chat; gossip; spin a yarn
改換庭 gǎi huàn mén tíng to improve one's family's social status by moving up in the world; to switch one's allegiance to a new patron
改換閭 gǎi huàn mén lǘ see 改換門庭|改换门庭[gai3 huan4 men2 ting2]
qiāo mén to knock on a door
磚 qiāo mén zhuān lit. a brick as a door knocker (idiom); fig. a temporary expedient; to use sb as a stepping stone to fortune
dǒu mén Doumen district of Zhuhai city 珠海市[Zhu1 hai3 shi4], Guangdong
區 dǒu mén qū Doumen district of Zhuhai city 珠海市[Zhu1 hai3 shi4], Guangdong
páng mén side door
左道 páng mén zuǒ dào dissenting religious sect (idiom); heretical school of opinion; dissident group
yì mén Yimen county in Yuxi 玉溪[Yu4 xi1], Yunnan
縣 yì mén xiàn Yimen county in Yuxi 玉溪[Yu4 xi1], Yunnan
書香第 shū xiāng mén dì family with a literary reputation (idiom); literary family
huì mén main entrance; secret society
月台幕 yuè tái mù mén (railway) platform screen doors; platform-edge doors
cháo mén entrance portal (to a palace); propylaeum
朝陽 cháo yáng mén Chaoyangmen neighborhood of Beijing
dù mén to close the door (also fig.)
不出 dù mén bù chū to shut the door and remain inside; fig. to cut off contact
東直 dōng zhí mén Dongzhimen neighborhood of Beijing
店 bǎn mén diàn Panmunjeom, the Joint Security Area in the Korean demilitarized zone
店停戰村 bǎn mén diàn tíng zhàn cūn Panmunjom village on the DMZ between North and South Korea
chái mén lit. woodcutter's family; humble background; poor family background
小戶 chái mén xiǎo hù woodcutter's cottage (idiom); poor person's hovel; fig. my humble house
zhà mén gate; door with grating; turnstile; logical gate (electronics)
檻 hé mén jiàn nuclear threshold