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

图坦卡 tú tǎn kǎ mén Tutankhamen, king of ancient Egypt 1333-1323 BC
子 mén zi door; doorman (old); hanger-on of an aristocrat; social influence; pull; classifier for relatives, marriages etc
径 mén jìng access
环 mén huán door knocker (in the shape of a ring)
防盗 fáng dào mén security door
qì mén valve (esp. tire valve); accelerator (obsolete term for 油門|油门); stigma (zool.); spiracle
西子 xī mén zǐ Siemens (company name)
生 mén shēng disciple; student (of a famous master)
当户对 mén dāng hù duì the families are well-matched in terms of social status (idiom); (of a prospective marriage partner) an appropriate match
lín mén to arrive home; facing one's home; home-coming; (soccer) facing the goalmouth
店 mén diàn (retail) store
楣 mén méi lintel (of a door); fig. family's social status
人事部 rén shì bù mén personnel office
duì mén the building or room opposite
yōu mén pylorus (anatomy)
得意生 dé yì mén shēng favorite pupil
弄斧 bān mén nòng fǔ to display one's slight skill before an expert (idiom)
凯旋 kǎi xuán mén triumphal arch
天安 tiān ān mén Tiananmen Gate, entrance of the Imperial City in Beijing
xià mén Xiamen or Amoy, subprovincial city in Fujian, abbr. 廈|厦[Xia4]
面 chēng mén miàn to keep up appearances; to put up a front
邪道 wāi mén xié dào dishonest practices
面 zhuāng mén miàn see 裝點門面|装点门面[zhuang1 dian3 men2 mian4]
可罗雀 mén kě luó què you can net sparrows at the door (idiom); completely deserted
洞 mén dòng passageway; archway