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

打虎,后打狼 qián mén dǎ hǔ , hòu mén dǎ láng to beat a tiger from the front door, only to have a wolf come in at the back (idiom); fig. facing one problem after another
拒虎,后进狼 qián mén jù hǔ , hòu mén jìn láng to beat a tiger from the front door, only to have a wolf come in at the back (idiom); fig. facing one problem after another
加大油 jiā dà yóu mén to accelerate; to step on the gas
běi mén Peimen township in Tainan county 台南縣|台南县[Tai2 nan2 xian4], Taiwan
乡 běi mén xiāng Peimen township in Tainan county 台南縣|台南县[Tai2 nan2 xian4], Taiwan
十字转 shí zì zhuàn mén turnstile
半开 bàn kāi mén half-open door; fig. prostitute
半开儿 bàn kāi mén r erhua variant of 半開門|半开门[ban4 kai1 men2]
二 nán mén èr Alpha Centauri or Rigel Kentaurus
柏乳酪 kǎ mén bó rǔ lào Camembert (soft, creamy French cheese)
贝 kǎ mén bèi camembert cheese
卷帘 juǎn lián mén roll-up door
各人自扫前雪,莫管他家瓦上霜 gè rén zì sǎo mén qián xuě , mò guǎn tā jiā wǎ shàng shuāng sweep the snow from your own door step, don't worry about the frost on your neighbor's roof (idiom)
diào mén an overhung door; a door that hinges upwards
望族 míng mén wàng zú offspring a famous family (idiom); good breeding; blue blood
xī mén epiglottis
星 sāng mén xīng messenger of death (cf Irish banshee); person bringing bad luck
神 sāng mén shén messenger of death (cf Irish banshee); person bringing bad luck
眼 sǎng mén yǎn throat
轿车 sì mén jiào chē sedan (motor car)
huí mén first return of bride to her parental home
囟脑 xìn nǎo mén fontanel (gap between the bones of an infant's skull)
cōng mén window; chimney
江 tú mén jiāng variant of 圖們江|图们江[Tu2 men2 jiang1]
tǔ mén Tumen or Bumin Khan (-553), founder of Göktürk khanate