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门 (Trad.: 門)
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
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
专门 zhuān mén specialist; specialized; customized
门口 mén kǒu doorway; gate; Classifiers: 个
大门 dà mén the Doors, US rock band
澳门 ào mén Macao; Aomen; Macau
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Example Sentences
1
qǐng
请
dǎ kāi
打开
mén
门
。
Please open the door.
2
qǐng
请
guān shàng
关上
mén
门
。
Please close the door.
3
zhè ge
这个
mén
门
guān zhe
关着
。
The door is closed.
4
qǐng
请
bǎ mén
把门
guān shàng
关上
。
Please close the door.
5
mén qián
门前
yǒu
有
jiǎo yìn
脚印
。
There were footprints leading up to the front door.
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