Chinese Word: 门 - Talking Chinese English Dictionary

门 (Trad.: 門)HSK 2

Pinyin: mén

English Definition: gate; door; Classifiers: 扇 ; 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)

Chinese Definition:
①建筑物的出入口，又指安装在出入口能开关的装置：门儿。门口。开门见山。
②形状或作用像门的东西：电门。
③途径，诀窍：门径。门道儿。
④旧时指封建家族或家族的一支，现亦指一般的家庭：门第。门风。门婿。长(zhǎng)门长子。
⑤事物的分类：分门别类。
⑥宗教的教派或学术思想的派别：教门。门徒。
⑦量词：一门大炮。
⑧姓氏。

Total strokes: 3; Radical: 門

Pictographic: An open doorway or gate

Character Formation:

⿰ Left to right
- ⿱ Above to below
  - 丶 [ diǎn ] dot
  - 丨 [ shù ] number one; line

Similar Characters: 冈闪闩冂问向肉

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Example Words

部门	bù mén	department; branch; section; division; Classifiers: 个	HSK 5
专门	zhuān mén	specialist; specialized; customized	HSK 4
门口	mén kǒu	doorway; gate; Classifiers: 个	HSK 3
大门	dà mén	the Doors, US rock band	HSK 2
澳门	ào mén	Macao; Aomen; Macau

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Example Sentences

1		tā 他 xiàng 向 mén 门 nà ér 那儿 zǒu 走 qù 去。 He walked up to the door.
2		nǐ 你 xuǎn 选 le 了 jǐ 几 mén 门 kè 课？ How many courses did you select?
3		tā 他 dǎ kāi 打开 mén 门， fēi cháng 非常 jī dòng 激动 dì 地 pǎo 跑 le 了 chū qù 出去。 He opened the door and ran out in great excitement.
4		zhèng dāng 正当 diàn tī mén 电梯门 jiù 就 yào 要 guān shàng 关上 shí 时， yòu 又 yǒu 有 yí gè 一个 rén 人 wèn 问 wǒ men 我们 néng 能 bù 不 néng 能 zài 再 jǐ 挤 jǐn 紧 yì diǎn 一点， ràng 让 tā 他 shàng 上 lái 来。 As the door of the lift was closing, another man asked if we could squash up to let him in.
5		wǒ 我 dǎ kāi mén 打开门 shí 时， yí gè 一个 qiú 球 gǔn 滚 le 了 chū 出 lái 来。 When I opened the door a ball bounced out.

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1		tā 他 xiàng 向 mén 门 nà ér 那儿 zǒu 走 qù 去。 He walked up to the door.
2		nǐ 你 xuǎn 选 le 了 jǐ 几 mén 门 kè 课？ How many courses did you select?
3		tā 他 dǎ kāi 打开 mén 门， fēi cháng 非常 jī dòng 激动 dì 地 pǎo 跑 le 了 chū qù 出去。 He opened the door and ran out in great excitement.
4		zhèng dāng 正当 diàn tī mén 电梯门 jiù 就 yào 要 guān shàng 关上 shí 时， yòu 又 yǒu 有 yí gè 一个 rén 人 wèn 问 wǒ men 我们 néng 能 bù 不 néng 能 zài 再 jǐ 挤 jǐn 紧 yì diǎn 一点， ràng 让 tā 他 shàng 上 lái 来。 As the door of the lift was closing, another man asked if we could squash up to let him in.
5		wǒ 我 dǎ kāi mén 打开门 shí 时， yí gè 一个 qiú 球 gǔn 滚 le 了 chū 出 lái 来。 When I opened the door a ball bounced out.

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