门 (門)
mén
Pinyin

Definition

门 (門)
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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)
门 (門)
 - 
Mén
  1. surname Men

Character Decomposition

Compounds (31)

间
jiān
  1. 1 between
  2. 2 among
  3. 3 within a definite time or space
  4. 4 room
  5. 5 section of a room or lateral space between two pairs of pillars
  6. 6 classifier for rooms
间
jiàn
  1. 1 gap
  2. 2 to separate
  3. 3 to thin out (seedlings)
  4. 4 to sow discontent
开
kāi
  1. 1 to open
  2. 2 to start
  3. 3 to turn on
  4. 4 to boil
  5. 5 to write out (a prescription, check, invoice etc)
  6. 6 to operate (a vehicle)
  7. 7 carat (gold)
  8. 8 abbr. for Kelvin, 開爾文|开尔文[Kāi ěr wén]
  9. 9 abbr. for 開本|开本[kāi běn], book format
关
Guān
  1. 1 surname Guan
关
guān
  1. 1 mountain pass
  2. 2 to close
  3. 3 to shut
  4. 4 to turn off
  5. 5 to concern
  6. 6 to involve

Related Words (20)

出门
chū mén
  1. 1 to go out
  2. 2 to leave home
  3. 3 to go on a journey
  4. 4 away from home
  5. 5 (of a woman) to get married
嗓门
sǎng mén
  1. 1 voice
  2. 2 windpipe
大门
Dà mén
  1. 1 the Doors, US rock band
家门
jiā mén
  1. 1 house door
  2. 2 family clan
专门
zhuān mén
  1. 1 specialist
  2. 2 specialized
  3. 3 customized

Idioms (20)

一门心思
yī mén xīn si
  1. 1 to set one's heart on sth (idiom)
上天无路，入地无门
shàng tiān wú lù , rù dì wú mén
  1. 1 lit. there is no road to the sky, nor door into the earth (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to be at the end of one's rope
  3. 3 to be trapped in a hopeless situation
不是一家人不进一家门
bù shì yī jiā rén bù jìn yī jiā mén
  1. 1 people who don't belong together, don't get to live together (idiom)
  2. 2 marriages are predestined
  3. 3 people marry because they share common traits
侯门似海
hóu mén sì hǎi
  1. 1 lit. the gate of a noble house is like the sea
  2. 2 there is a wide gap between the nobility and the common people (idiom)
光耀门楣
guāng yào mén méi
  1. 1 splendor shines on the family's door (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to bring honor to one's family

Sample Sentences

我先生今儿出门儿的时候，说要和大学同学聚餐，我总觉得不对劲儿，一定有事儿，就打电话问了一个熟人，他就露馅儿了，我压根儿没想到他会这样骗我。
wǒ xiānsheng jīnr chūméner de shíhou ，shuō yào hé dàxué tóngxué jùcān ，wǒ zǒng juéde bùduìjìnr ，yīdìng yǒu shìr ，jiù dǎdiànhuà wèn le yīgē shúrén ，tā jiù lòuxiànr le ，wǒ yàgēnr méixiǎngdào tā huì zhèyàng piàn wǒ 。
When my husband went out today and said he was going to have dinner with his college friends, I couldn’t help feeling that something was wrong. I called an acquaintance and he gave my husband away. I had no idea he would lie to me like that.
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明儿你就给我出门儿去找工作，别成天赖在家里。没个正经工作，我看你上哪儿找媳妇儿！
míngr nǐ jiù gěi wǒ chūméner qù zhǎo gōngzuò ，bié chéngtiān lài zài jiālǐ 。méi ge zhèngjīng gōngzuò ，wǒ kàn nǐ shàng nǎr zhǎo xífur ！
Tomorrow You’re gonna go out and get a job. Don’t stay home all day. If you don’t have a serious job, I’ll see where you can find a wife!
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开学的时候，门口车水马龙好热闹。
kāixué de shíhou ，ménkǒu chēshuǐmǎlóng hǎo rènao 。
When the school starts, the entrance of the school is very congested and bustling.
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这家娱乐企业专门给人培训舞蹈，而且听说因为老板有点儿强迫症，所以对每个动作都非常计较。
zhè jiā yúlè qǐyè zhuānmén gěi rén péixùn wǔdǎo ，érqiě tīngshuō yīnwèi lǎobǎn yǒudiǎnr qiǎngpòzhèng ，suǒyǐ duì měigè dòngzuò dōu fēicháng jìjiào 。
This entertainment company specializes in training people to dance, and it is said that because the boss is a little obsessive, he fusses over every action.
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为了防止疫情反弹，武汉建立了疫情防控长效机制。“解封”首日，在黄鹤楼脚下的西城壕社区，不停忙碌的社区书记翁文静说：“我们是‘无疫情社区’，但依然主张非必要不出门。”
wèile fángzhǐ yìqíng fǎntán ，Wǔhàn jiànlì le yìqíng fángkòng chángxiào jīzhì 。“jiěfēng ”shǒu rì ，zài Huánghèlóu jiǎoxià de xīchéngháo shèqū ，bùtíng mánglù de shèqū shūji wēngwénjìng shuō ：“wǒmen shì ‘wú yìqíng shèqū ’，dàn yīrán zhǔzhāng fēi bìyào bù chūmén 。”
In order to prevent the pandemic from rebounding, Wuhan has set up a long-term mechanism for preventing and controlling the pandemic. The first day of "unlockdown", in the Xichenghao Community under Huanghelou, the community secretary Wong Wen Jing who has been working non-stop said, "We are the 'zero virus community', but still please do not go out if not necessary. "
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带了，你放心，出门吧！
dài le ，nǐ fàngxīn ，chūmén ba ！
Got it. Don’t worry. Let’s go.
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女孩儿又递给他两张票，说：不好意思，昨晚我不小心拿到错的票放进信封里了。那两张是我在上海的跳蚤市场淘到的古董，这两张才是这周六的门票，就这么巧，恰恰是一样的日期。
nǚháiēr yòu dì gěi tā liǎng zhāng piào ，shuō ：bùhǎoyìsi ，zuówǎn wǒ bù xiǎoxīn nádào cuò de piào fàngjìn xìnfēng lǐ le 。nà liǎng zhāng shì wǒ zài Shànghǎi de tiàozǎoshìchǎng táo dào de gǔdǒng ，zhè liǎng zhāng cái shì zhè zhōuliù de ménpiào ，jiù zhème qiǎo ，qiàqià shì yīyàng de rìqī 。
The girl gave him two tickets again, and she said, "Sorry, I put the wrong tickets into the envelope last night. Those are the antique I picked out at a flea market in Shanghai, and these two tickets are the ones for this Saturday. It's such a coincidence that they're the same date." She said.
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秦宇终于松了一口气，原来是个乌龙，只是虚惊一场罢了。他趁机问了女孩儿的名字，聊了几句，原来女孩儿喜欢看话剧，同时也是个古董控，一个月前去了上海玩，在上海看了几场话剧，还去逛了一些跳蚤市场。秦宇原本想加她微信，但女孩儿说手机上周摔坏了，暂时没有手机可以用。于是他们直接约了隔天表演开场前的半小时在剧院门口碰面。
QínYǔ zhōngyú sōngleyìkǒuqì ，yuánlái shì ge wūlóng ，zhǐshì xūjīngyìchǎng bàle 。tā chènjī wèn le nǚháiēr de míngzi ，liáo le jǐ jù ，yuánlái nǚháiēr xǐhuan kàn huàjù ，tóngshí yě shì ge gǔdǒng kòng ，yīgē yuè qián qù le Shànghǎi wán ，zài Shànghǎi kàn le jǐ chǎng huàjù ，hái qù quàng le yīxiē tiàozǎoshìchǎng 。QínYǔ yuánběn xiǎng jiā tā Wēixìn ，dàn nǚháiēr shuō shǒujī shàngzhōu shuāihuài le ，zànshí méiyǒu shǒujī kěyǐ yòng 。yúshì tāmen zhíjiē yuē le gétiān biǎoyǎn kāichǎng qián de bànxiǎoshí zài jùyuàn ménkǒu pèngmiàn 。
QinYu took a load off his mind. As it turned out that it's a mistake, merely a false alarm. He seized the opportunity and asked the girl's name, chatted for a while. In fact, the girl likes to watch stage drama, and she's a big fan of antique as well. Last month, she went to visit Shanghai, watched some play there, and visited some flea market. QinYu was thinking to add her on Wechat, but the girl said that she broke her phone last week, so she doesn't have a phone. Therefore, they decided to meet in front of the theatre half an hour before the play starts the next day.
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隔天看完表演，秦宇送女孩儿回到家门口。那是一栋小公寓，女孩儿就住在一楼。
gétiān kàn wán biǎoyǎn ，QínYǔ sòng nǚháiēr huídào jiā ménkǒu 。nà shì yī dòng xiǎo gōngyù ，nǚháier jiù zhù zài yī lóu 。
The next day, after the show, QinYu escorted the girl back to her place. It was a small apartment, and the girl was staying on the first floor.
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语毕，女孩儿转过身，朝着大门走了进去。但，大门一直是关着的，自始至终没有开过！可秦宇他是亲眼看见女孩儿从关着的大门穿过去消失的！
yv3bì ，nǚháiēr zhuàn guò shēn ，cháozhe dàmén zǒu le jìnqù 。dàn ，dàmén yīzhí shì guān zhe de ，zìshǐzhìzhōng méiyǒu kāi guò ！kě QínYǔ tā shì qīnyǎn kànjiàn nǚháiēr cóng guān zhe de dàmén chuān guòqù xiāoshī de ！
After that, the girl turned around and walked through the door. But the door had been closed right from the start! Yet QinYu saw with his own eyes that the girl walked through the door and disappeared.
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