门口 (門口)
mén kǒu
Pinyin

Definition

门口 (門口)
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mén kǒu
  1. doorway
  2. gate
  3. CL:個|个[gè]

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

人口
rén kǒu
  1. 1 population
  2. 2 people
借口
jiè kǒu
  1. 1 to use as an excuse
  2. 2 on the pretext
  3. 3 excuse
  4. 4 pretext
伤口
shāng kǒu
  1. 1 wound
  2. 2 cut
入口
rù kǒu
  1. 1 entrance
  2. 2 to import
出口
chū kǒu
  1. 1 an exit
  2. 2 classifier: 个 gè
  3. 3 to speak
  4. 4 to export
  5. 5 (of a ship) to leave port

Idioms (20)

三缄其口
sān jiān qí kǒu
  1. 1 (idiom) reluctant to speak about it
  2. 2 tight-lipped
不蒸馒头争口气
bù zhēng mán tou zhēng kǒu qì
  1. 1 not to be crushed (idiom)
  2. 2 to be determined to have one's revenge
交口称誉
jiāo kǒu chēng yù
  1. 1 voices unanimous in praise (idiom); with an extensive public reputation
以免借口
yǐ miǎn jiè kǒu
  1. 1 to remove sth that could be used as a pretext (idiom)
佛口蛇心
fó kǒu shé xīn
  1. 1 words of a Buddha, heart of a snake (idiom); two-faced
  2. 2 malicious and duplicitous

Sample Sentences

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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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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威尼斯商户通常在店门口用金属条或木条挡水，但这次动用水泵排水。
Wēinísī shānghù tōngcháng zài diàn ménkǒu yòng jīnshǔ tiáo huò mù tiáo dǎng shuǐ ，dàn zhè cì dòngyòng shuǐbèng páishuǐ 。
Normally Venetian merchants would use metal or wooden planks to stop water from entering their store entrance but this time they use water pumps to drain water.
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我都放在门口了，这几套都穿很久了，样子不好看了，而且我差不多每天都去跑步、打拳、健身，现在有很多机能更好的运动衣，我想买新的。
wǒ dōu fàng zài ménkǒu le ，zhè jǐ tào dōu chuān hěnjiǔ le ，yàngzi bù hǎokàn le ，érqiě wǒ chàbuduō měitiān dōu qù pǎobù 、dǎquán 、jiànshēn ，xiànzài yǒu hěn duō jīnéng gèng hǎo de yùndòngyī ，wǒ xiǎngmǎi xīn de 。
I've already put them out on the doorstep. I've been wearing them for ages, they don't look good and I got running, boxing and exercising almost every day. Now there are so many sports outfits with lots of different functions, I want to buy new ones.
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买咖啡呀。没看到吗，门口咖啡店的队都排到街上了。
mǎi kāfēi ya 。méi kàndào ma ，ménkǒu kāfēidiàn de duì dōu pái dào jiēshang le 。
To buy coffee. Can’t you see, the queue to the coffee shop has stretched to the street.
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我在门口。
wǒ zài ménkǒu 。
I am at the entrance.
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手里握着笔站在门口的那个吗？
shǒulǐ wò zhe bǐ zhàn zài ménkǒu de nàge ma ？
You mean the one holding a pen and standing at the door?
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坐公车比较快，你家门口就有公交站，也不用转车。
zuò gōngchē bǐjiào kuài ，nǐ jiā ménkǒu jiù yǒu gōngjiāozhàn ，yě bùyòng zhuǎnchē 。
Getting the bus is quicker. There's a bus stop just outside your house and you don't have to change lines.
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我家门口有公交站，那搭公交车要多久？
wǒ jiā ménkǒu yǒu gōngjiāozhàn ，nà dā gōngjiāochē yào duō jiǔ ？
There's a bus station just outside my house, so how far is it by bus?
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