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

边框 mén biān kuàng door frame; door pillars
扣 mén kòu door latch
铰 mén jiǎo door hinge
阀 mén fá rich and powerful family
限 mén xiàn doorsill
阶 mén jiē doorstep; threshold
头沟 mén tóu gōu Mentougou district of Beijing municipality
头沟区 mén tóu gōu qū Mentougou district of Beijing
额 mén é area above the lintel of a doorway
风 mén fēng family tradition; family principles
bì mén to close a door
塞窦 bì mén sè dòu to close doors and block openings (idiom); mounting a strict defense
觅句 bì mén mì jù lit. lock the door and search for the right word (idiom); fig. the serious hard work of writing
造车 bì mén zào chē lit. to build a cart behind closed doors; to be overly subjective and disregard the outside world (idiom)
开大油 kāi dà yóu mén to open the throttle; to accelerate; to let her rip
揖盗 kāi mén yī dào leaving the door open invites the thief (idiom); to invite disaster by giving evildoers a free hand
炮 kāi mén pào firecrackers set off at the stroke of midnight on New Year's Day (a Chinese tradition)
旦 guī mén dàn young unmarried lady role in Chinese opera
闯空 chuǎng kōng mén to break into a house when nobody is home
弟子 guān mén dì zǐ last disciple of a master
捉贼 guān mén zhuō zéi to catch a thief by closing his escape route (idiom)
阜成 fù chéng mén Fuchengmen neighborhood of Beijing
fáng mén defensive gate
阿黑尼德王朝 ā hēi mén ní dé wáng cháo Achaemenid Empire of Persian (559-330 BC)
yīn mén vulva; pudenda