mén

gate, door, entrance, opening

HSK 2 #185

DEFINITIONS

门 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

dǎ mén to knock on the door; to take a shot on goal (sports)
托足无 tuō zú wú mén to be unable to find a place to stay (idiom)
路 zhǎo mén lù to seek help from social connections
āi mén from door to door, one by one
yè mén small side door of a palace
推拉 tuī lā mén sliding door
摩尔 mó ěr mén Mormon (religion)
摩尔经 mó ěr mén jīng Book of Mormon
经 mó mén jīng Book of Mormon
sǎ mén Salmon (son of Nashon)
qiào mén to break in; to force a door
面 bǎi mén miàn to keep up appearances; to put up a front
摆龙阵 bǎi lóng mén zhèn chat; gossip; spin a yarn
改换庭 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
改换闾 gǎi huàn mén lǘ see 改換門庭|改换门庭[gai3 huan4 men2 ting2]
dǒu mén Doumen district of Zhuhai city 珠海市[Zhu1 hai3 shi4], Guangdong
区 dǒu mén qū Doumen district of Zhuhai city 珠海市[Zhu1 hai3 shi4], Guangdong
yì mén Yimen county in Yuxi 玉溪[Yu4 xi1], Yunnan
县 yì mén xiàn Yimen county in Yuxi 玉溪[Yu4 xi1], Yunnan
书香第 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
朝阳 cháo yáng mén Chaoyangmen neighborhood of Beijing
dù mén to close the door (also fig.)