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

不出 dù mén bù chū to shut the door and remain inside; fig. to cut off contact
东直 dōng zhí mén Dongzhimen neighborhood of Beijing
店 bǎn mén diàn Panmunjeom, the Joint Security Area in the Korean demilitarized zone
店停战村 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
小户 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)
槛 hé mén jiàn nuclear threshold
pǔ mén permaculture (loanword)
事件 shuǐ mén shì jiàn Watergate scandal
汀 shuǐ mén tīng cement (Shanghainese) (loanword)
永定 yǒng dìng mén Yongdingmen, front gate of the outer section of Beijing's old city wall, torn down in the 1950s and reconstructed in 2005
jiāng mén Jiangmen prefecture-level city in Guangdong
市 jiāng mén shì Jiangmen prefecture-level city in Guangdong
儿 méi mén r no way; impossible
菌 shā mén jūn salmonella
hóng mén see 天地會|天地会[Tian1 di4 hui4]
浙江三县 zhè jiāng sān mén xiàn Sanmen County in Zhejiang
hǎi mén Haimen county level city in Nantong 南通[Nan2 tong1], Jiangsu
市 hǎi mén shì Haimen county level city in Nantong 南通[Nan2 tong1], Jiangsu
海关部 hǎi guān bù mén customs section
清河 qīng hé mén Qinghemen district of Fuxin city 阜新市, Liaoning
清河区 qīng hé mén qū Qinghemen district of Fuxin city 阜新市, Liaoning
miè mén to exterminate an entire family
huá mén sliding door