门 mén — door; gate; doorway; entrance; exit; portal; gateway; door way; entry; threshold

门
mén

Level 1 · Common HSK 2 #55

Traditional: 門

mén men2

Basic definition

noun
  1. door; gate; doorway; entrance; exit; portal; gateway; door way; entry; threshold e.g 大门开门门口
  2. door; gate; valve; switch; port; gateway; opening; hatch; door-shaped part; entrance e.g 电门油门球门
  3. knack; trick; way; method; key; approach; technique; secret; know-how; avenue e.g 窍门门路入门
  4. family; household; clan; house; home; family line; kin; household; dynasty; mén e.g 家门门第双喜临门
  5. sect; school; religion e.g 佛门教门门派
  6. category; class; branch; division; section; kind; type; sort; genre; field e.g 门类分门别类部门
measure word
  1. measure word for artillery, lessons, branches; classifier; three guns; four courses e.g 一门课三门炮一门亲事

Detailed explanation

noun
  1. (象形。甲骨文字形，象门形。“门”是汉字的一个部首。本义:双扇门，门)
  2. door e.g 门钉门楔 门阑 · 门吊儿 · 门坎
  3. exits and entrances;exit e.g 门籍 · 门不停宾 · 门状
  4. an outpost of the tax office e.g 门征
  5. entrance;doorway e.g 门墉 · 门台 · 门堂 · 门戟 · 门塾
  6. port;strategic pass e.g 玉门、雁门、虎门、江门等
  7. switch;valve e.g 电门阀门闸门 门旗
  8. way to do sth.;key to a problem;knack e.g 窍门 这件事有门了
  9. family;pedigree e.g 门闾 · 门中 · 门功 · 门地 · 门庇 · 门法
  10. school e.g 佛门教门门徒
  11. catalogy e.g 分门别类
  12. phylum e.g 节肢动物门 · 脊索动物门
  13. master;lord e.g 门人 门僧 · 门下人 · 门生故吏
  14. factin e.g 会道门 清门 · 洪门
verb
  1. be on duty at the door or gate e.g 宅门 门敬 · 门皂 · 门公 · 门正 · 门吏
  2. attack door
measure word
  1. 用于炮 e.g 一门炮
  2. 用于功课、技术等 e.g 三门功课 · 两门技术

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