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门
mén
门 (mén) means "door; gate; opening". It is an HSK 3.0 level 2 word, and was HSK 2 in the old six-level list.
What 门 means
- gate; door; doorway; gateway; opening
- valve; switch; other door-like or gate-like structure
- way to do sth; knack; method; approach
- family; household; lineage
- bound formsect; school; faction (religious or academic)
- bound formclass; category; division; phylum
- classifier for courses, fields of study, branches of technology, relatives by marriage, guns etc
- (suffix) -gate (scandal)
Other readings
Example sentences
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没门！No way!
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开门！Open up.
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关门。Shut the door.
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锁大门。Suǒ dàmén.Lock the gate.
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请敲门。Please knock on the door.
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请开门。Open the door, please.
Words starting with 门
- 门口mén kǒudoorway; gate
- 门诊mén zhěnoutpatient service
- 门外mén wàioutside the door
- 门前mén qiánin front of the door
- 门票mén piàoticket (for theater, cinema etc)
- 门槛mén kǎndoorstep; sill; threshold
- 门户mén hùdoor; strategic gateway; portal
- 门铃mén língdoorbell
- 门卫mén wèiguard at gate; sentry
- 门面mén mianshop front; facade; prestige
- 门人mén réndisciple; follower; hanger-on (at an aristocrat's home)
- 门框mén kuàngdoor frame
- 门厅mén tīngentrance hall; vestibule
- 门锁mén suǒdoor lock
- 门徒mén túdisciple
- 门墩mén dūnwooden or stone block supporting the axle of a door
- 门类mén lèicategory; kind; class
- 门牌mén páidoor plate; house number
- 门房mén fánggatehouse; lodge; gatekeeper
- 门牙mén yáfront tooth; incisor
- 门将mén jiàngofficial gatekeeper; goalkeeper (soccer, hockey etc)
- 门道mén dàodoorway; gateway
- 门路mén lùway of doing sth; the right social connection
- 门洞mén dòngpassageway; archway
Words containing 门
- 部门bù méndepartment; branch; section
- 专门zhuān ménspecialized; dedicated (to a particular field or purpose); specially…
- 热门rè ménpopular; hot; in vogue
- 出门chū ménto go out; to leave home; to go on a journey
- 大门dà ménentrance; door; gate
- 开门kāi mén(lit. and fig.) to open a door; to open for business
- 天安门Tiān ān ménTiananmen Gate, entrance of the Imperial City in Beijing
- 进门jìn ménto enter a door; to go in; to learn the basics of a subject
- 澳门Ào ménMacao or Macau, special administrative region (SAR) of the PRC (short name 澳
- 房门fáng méndoor of a room
- 家门jiā ménhouse door; family clan
- 关门guān ménto close a door; to lock a door; (of a shop etc) to close (for the night or permanently)
- 车门chē méncar door; door of bus, railway carriage etc
- 敲门qiāo ménto knock on a door
- 上门shàng ménto drop in; to visit; to lock a door
- 西门Xī méntwo-character surname Ximen
- 后门hòu ménback door; back gate; (fig.) back-door influence; under-the-table dealings; anus
- 入门rù ménentrance door; to enter a door; to learn the basics of a subject…
- 校门xiào ménschool gate
- 嗓门sǎng ménvoice; windpipe
- 前门qián ménfront door; main entrance; honest and upright approach…
- 衙门yá menyamen, government office in dynastic China
- 城门chéng méncity gate
- 油门yóu ménaccelerator (pedal); gas pedal; throttle
Characters that look like 门
Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.
Sounds the same
Read mén, tone for tone, but written differently.
- 扪lay hands on; to cover
- 钔mendelevium (chemistry)
- 亹mountain pass; defile (archaic)
- 樠elm; gum
- 𫞩(gem); rouge
- 穈porridge; rice sprouts
Where 门 is taught
In the GraphChinese course it is part of Places and Transport (HSK 2), HSK 2 Characters · Set 12 (HSK 2), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.
Go deeper
- Every HSK 2 word, with the rest of its level.
- How characters are built from components.
- How to learn Chinese characters.
- The four tones and the neutral tone, to read mén correctly.
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