门
Ancient forms
4 formsGlyphs: Wikimedia Commons, public domain.
Meaning
mén men2
- gate
- door
- gateway
- doorway
- 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)
- surname Men
Example sentences
HSK words with 门
- 门口 ménkǒu doorway
- 门票 ménpiào ticket (for theater, cinema etc)
- 出门 chūmén to go out
- 大门 dàmén entrance
- 部门 bùmén department
- 专门 zhuānmén specialist
- 上门 shàngmén to drop in
- 热门 rèmén popular; hot; in vogue
- 敲门 qiāomén to knock on a door
- 门诊 ménzhěn outpatient service
- 入门 rùmén entrance door
- 门槛 ménkǎn doorstep
- 阀门 fámén valve (mechanical)
- 窍门 qiàomén a trick
- 门路 ménlù way of doing sth
- 门铃 ménlíng doorbell
- 冷门 lěngmén a neglected branch (of arts, science, sports etc)
- 串门 chuànmén to call on sb
- 五花八门 wǔhuābāmén myriad
- 走后门 zǒuhòumén lit. to enter by the back door
- 防盗门 fángdàomén security door
- 门当户对 méndānghùduì the families are well-matched in terms of social status (idiom)
- 爆冷门 bàolěngmén an upset (esp. in sports)
Measure word for
- 课 kè subject
- 知识 zhīshi knowledge
- 外语 wàiyǔ foreign language
- 汉语 Hànyǔ Chinese language
- 科学 kēxué science
- 语言 yǔyán language
- 教学 jiàoxué teaching
- 技术 jìshù technology; technique; skill
- 专业 zhuānyè specialty
- 课程 kèchéng course
- 功课 gōngkè homework
- 历史 lìshǐ history
- 常识 chángshí common sense
- 口语 kǒuyǔ colloquial speech
- 亲戚 qīnqi a relative (i.e. family relation)