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门
門
mén
1.
gate
2.
door
3.
CL:[[扇<shàn>]]
4.
gateway
5.
doorway
6.
CL:[[個|个<gè>]]
7.
opening
8.
valve
9.
switch
10.
way to do something
11.
knack
12.
family
13.
house
14.
(religious) sect
15.
school (of thought)
16.
class
17.
category
18.
phylum or division (taxonomy)
19.
classifier for large guns
20.
classifier for lessons, subjects, branches of technology
21.
(suffix) -gate (i.e. scandal; derived from Watergate)
Character Breakdown (Single character)
Compound Words (20)
三门
Sānmén
Sanmen county in Taizhou [[台州<Tāizhōu>]], Zhejiang
上门
shàngmén
to drop in
串门
chuànmén
to call on sb
也门
Yěmén
Yemen
亚门
yàmén
subdivision
佛门
Fómén
Buddhism
侯门
hóumén
noble house
便门
biànmén
side door
偏门
piānmén
side door
侧门
cèmén
side door
入门
rùmén
entrance door
内门
Nèimén
Neimen township in Kaohsiung county [[高雄縣|高雄县<Gāoxióngxiàn>]], southwest Taiwan
冷门
lěngmén
a neglected branch (of arts, science, sports etc)
出门
chūmén
to go out
前门
Qiánmén
Qianmen subway station on Beijing Subway Line 2
前门
qiánmén
front door
北门
Běimén
Peimen township in Tainan county [[台南縣|台南县<Táinánxiàn>]], Taiwan
卡门
Kǎmén
Carmen (name)
叩门
kòumén
to knock on a door
吊门
diàomén
an overhung door
Example Sentences (3)
服务员，我房间的门打不开了。
fúwùyuán,wǒ fángjiān de mén dǎ bù kāi le.
Excuse me, the door to my room won't open.
Text 3
别难过了，再买一个吧，公司东门外不就有一个大商场吗？
Bié nánguò le, zài mǎi yí gè ba, gōngsī dōngmén wài bú jiù yǒu yí gè dà shāngchǎng ma?
Don't be upset; just buy another one. Isn't there a big mall right outside the company's east gate?
Text 1
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Metadata
- Category
- Chinese
- HSK Character Level
- 2
- Character Frequency Rank
- 184
- Word Frequency Rank
- 333 of 84,292
- Radical Number
- 169