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门

mén

HSK 2 Character Traditional 門 Measure word 扇

What 门 means

1. gate; door; doorway; gateway; opening
2. valve; switch; other door-like or gate-like structure
3. way to do sth; knack; method; approach
4. family; household; lineage
5. bound formsect; school; faction (religious or academic)
6. bound formclass; category; division; phylum
7. classifier for courses, fields of study, branches of technology, relatives by marriage, guns etc
8. (suffix) -gate (scandal)

Other readings

门 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• Ménsurname Men

Example sentences

• 没门！
  No way!
• 开门！
  Open up.
• 关门。
  Shut the door.
• 锁大门。
  Suǒ dàmén.
  Lock the gate.
• 请敲门。
  Please knock on the door.
• 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.

• 囗wéienclosure

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