玉门关 yù mén guān

Yumen Pass, ancient Silk Road border gate

Word data

HSK Not in HSK
Frequency Unknown

Definitions

  1. 1. Yumen Pass, or Jade Gate, western frontier post on the Silk Road in the Han Dynasty, west of Dunhuang, in Gansu

Characters

Character Meaning
玉 yù HSK 5
jade
门 mén HSK 2
door; gate; doorway
关 guān HSK 1
to close; to shut; to turn off