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

kǎ mén Carmen (name); Carmen, 1875 opera by Georges Bizet 比才 based on novel by Prosper Mérimée 梅里美[Mei2 li3 mei3]
yóu mén accelerator (pedal); gas pedal; throttle
卫 mén wèi guard at gate; sentry
而入 pò mén ér rù to break the door down and enter (idiom)
找上 zhǎo shàng mén to come to sb's door; to call on sb
fáng mén door of a room
jīn mén Kinmen or Quemoy islands off the Fujian coast, administered by Taiwan; Jinmen county in Quanzhou 泉州[Quan2 zhou1], Fujian, PRC
廊 mén láng stoop; parvis; portico; patio; veranda
gāng mén anus
诊 mén zhěn outpatient service
罗 mén luó Monroe
子 nǎ mén zi (coll.) (emphasizing a rhetorical question) what; what kind; why on earth
见山 kāi mén jiàn shān lit. to open the door and see the mountain; fig. to get right to the point (idiom)
所罗 suǒ luó mén Solomon (name)
西 xī mén surname Ximen
qiú mén goalmouth (in soccer)
zhèng mén main entrance; main gate; portal
nǎo mén forehead
拒之外 jù zhī mén wài to lock one's door and refuse to see sb
fá mén valve (mechanical)
户 mén hù door; strategic gateway; portal; faction; sect; family status; family; web portal; (old) brothel
路 mén lù way of doing sth; the right social connection
员 shǒu mén yuán goalkeeper
ào mén Macao; Aomen; Macau
pò mén to burst or force open a door; to excommunicate sb (from the Roman Catholic Church); to score a goal (in football, hockey etc)