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

县 qí mén xiàn Qimen county in Huangshan 黃山|黄山[Huang2 shan1], Anhui
五宗 chán mén wǔ zōng the five schools of Chan Buddhism (idiom)
秀才不出,全知天下事 xiù cai bù chū mén , quán zhī tiān xià shì a learned person need not leave his home to know what's going on in the world (idiom)
秀才不出,能知天下事 xiù cai bù chū mén , néng zhī tiān xià shì a learned person need not leave his home to know what's going on in the world (idiom)
立雪 chéng mén lì xuě lit. the snow piles up at Cheng Yi's door (idiom); fig. deep reverence for one's master
儿 qiào mén r a trick; an ingenious method; know-how; the knack (of doing sth)
节气 jié qì mén throttle
闺窦 bì mén guī dòu wicker door, hole window (idiom); fig. wretched hovel; living in poverty
系出名 xì chū míng mén to come from a distinguished family
儿 jué mén r extinct profession; lost trade; unique skill; astonishing; fantastic
总理衙 zǒng lǐ yá men the Qing dynasty equivalent of the Foreign Office
zhào mén Achilles' heel; chink in the armor
罗生 luó shēng mén Rashomon, Japanese novel and movie; (fig.) situation where conflicting interpretations of the same event obscure the truth; unsolvable case
shēng mén glottis
直肠 gāng mén zhí cháng rectum (anatomy)
mài mén pulse (in Chinese medicine)
脊椎动物 jǐ zhuī dòng wù mén Vertebrata, the phylum of vertebrates
脊索动物 jǐ suǒ dòng wù mén Chordata, phylum containing vertebrates
腓利书 féi lì mén shū Epistle of St Paul to Philemon
jiǎo mén variant of 角門|角门[jiao3 men2]
临时澳市政执行委员会 lín shí ào mén shì zhèng zhí xíng wěi yuán huì Provisional Municipal Council of Macau; Câmara Municipal de Macau Provisória
一脚 lín mén yī jiǎo to try to score (a goal); final push (at a critical juncture); the final leg of sth
自报家 zì bào jiā mén to introduce oneself; originally a theatrical device in which a character explains his own role
自立户 zì lì mén hù to form one's own group or school of thought; to set up one's own business; to establish oneself
yǔ mén AND gate (electronics)