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

雅典的泰 yǎ diǎn de tài mén Timon of Athens, 1607 tragedy by William Shakespeare 莎士比亞|莎士比亚[Sha1 shi4 bi3 ya4]
电话 diàn huà mén "Phone Gate", corruption scandal unearthed through telephone records
革出山 gé chū shān mén to excommunicate (from a Buddhist monastery)
革出教 gé chū jiào mén to excommunicate (from a church)
壮户 dǐng mén zhuàng hù to support the family business (idiom)
飞机舱 fēi jī cāng mén airplane cabin door
飨以闭羹 xiǎng yǐ bì mén gēng to close the door in one's face (idiom)
鲤鱼跳龙 lǐ yú tiào lóng mén to make a significant advance in one's career (idiom); to get one's big break
冬 mài mén dōng dwarf lilyturf (Ophiopogon japonicus), its tuber used in TCM
刨 lóng mén bào double column surface grinding machine
山 lóng mén shān Mt Longmen, the northwest boundary of the Sichuan basin, an active geological fault line; Mt Longmen in Shandong; Mt Longmen in Henan
山断层 lóng mén shān duàn céng Longmenshan fault line, a tectonically active thrust fault line at the northwest boundary of the Sichuan basin
断层 lóng mén duàn céng Longmenshan fault line, a tectonically active thrust fault line at the northwest boundary of the Sichuan basin
石窟 lóng mén shí kū Longmen Grottoes at Luoyang 洛陽|洛阳[Luo4 yang2], Henan
县 lóng mén xiàn Longmen county in Huizhou 惠州[Hui4 zhou1], Guangdong
下 mén xià under the door; at one's door
厨房 chú fáng mén kitchen door
cāng mén hatchway; cabin door; doorway to a ship's compartment
口 jiā mén kǒu at one's doorstep; near one's home
tiě mén iron gate; metal door
票价格 mén piào jià gé ticket price; the cost of admission to a park or other venue
打开 dǎ kāi mén to open the door
纽可 niǔ kě mén Newcomen (likely referring to Thomas Newcomen, a British inventor)
儿 chū mén er to go out; to leave home
出远 chū yuǎn mén to go far away; to go on a long journey