Dictionary › 冷门

冷门

lěng mén

HSK 3.0 level 7-9 2-character word Traditional 冷門

冷门 (lěng mén) means "a neglected branch (of arts, science, sports etc); fig. a complete unknown who wins a competition". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 冷门 means

1. a neglected branch (of arts, science, sports etc)
2. fig. a complete unknown who wins a competition

The characters in 冷门

• 冷lěngcold
• 门méngate; door; doorway; gateway; opening; valve; switch…

Words containing 冷门

• 爆冷门bào lěng ménan upset (esp. in sports); unexpected turn of events; to pull off a coup
• 爆冷门儿bào lěng mén rerhua variant of 爆冷门

Go deeper

• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read lěng mén correctly.
• Look up another word in the free dictionary.