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

谢通 xiè tōng mén Xaitongmoin county, Tibetan: Bzhad mthong smon rdzong, in Shigatse prefecture, Tibet
谢通县 xiè tōng mén xiàn Xaitongmoin county, Tibetan: Bzhad mthong smon rdzong, in Shigatse prefecture, Tibet
宾客盈 bīn kè yíng mén guests filled the hall (idiom); a house full of distinguished visitors
宾朋盈 bīn péng yíng mén guests filled the hall (idiom); a house full of distinguished visitors
子 zǒu mén zi see 走門路|走门路[zou3 men2 lu4]
路 zǒu mén lù to use social connections; to toady to influential people
踏破槛 tā pò mén kǎn to wear out the doorstep (idiom); to crowd at sb's door
军事部 jūn shì bù mén military branch
jìn mén to enter a door; to go in; to learn the basics of a subject; to join one's husband's household upon marriage
遁入空 dùn rù kōng mén to take refuge in religious life
近枝 yuǎn mén jìn zhī near and distant relatives
xié mén strange; unusual; evil ways; dishonest practices
歪道 xié mén wāi dào lit. devil's gate, crooked path (idiom); corrupt practices; crooked methods; dishonesty
岛 jīn mén dǎo Kinmen or Quemoy islands off the Fujian coast, administered by Taiwan
县 jīn mén xiàn Kinmen County, Taiwan (the Kinmen or Quemoy islands off the Fujian coast); Jinmen county in Quanzhou 泉州[Quan2 zhou1], Fujian
铁将军把 tiě jiāng jūn bǎ mén lit. General Iron is guarding the door (idiom); fig. the door is padlocked — nobody inside
铁打的衙,流水的官 tiě dǎ de yá men , liú shuǐ de guān lit. the yamen is strong as iron, the officials flow like water (idiom); fig. government officials come and go
人 mén rén disciple; follower; hanger-on (on an aristocrat's home)
冬 mén dōng abbr. for 天門冬|天门冬[tian1 men2 dong1], asparagus
mén dào mén door to door
吸 mén xī doorstop
地 mén dì see 門第|门第[men2 di4]
坎 mén kǎn variant of 門檻|门槛[men2 kan3]
坎儿 mén kǎn r erhua variant of 門坎|门坎[men2 kan3]
垫 mén diàn doormat