mén

gate

surname Men; door; CL:扇[shan4]; gateway; doorway; CL:個|个[ge4]; 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)

a picture of 门 → gate or door

The character originally depicted two swinging door panels set in a frame — the classic image of a gate. From that concrete image, it extended to cover any opening, category, or entry point into a domain.

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请把关上,外面太冷了。

qǐng bǎ mén guān shàng , wài miàn tài lěng le 。

Please close the door, it's too cold outside.

他敲了敲,等着有人来开。

tā qiāo le qiāo mén , děng zhe yǒu rén lái kāi 。

He knocked on the door and waited for someone to come open it.

Words with 门

土门

tǔ mén

Tumen or Bumin Khan (-553), founder of Göktürk khanate

正门

zhèng mén

main entrance

叶门

yè mén

Yemen (Tw)

苏门答腊岛

sū mén dá là dǎo

Sumatra (one of the Indonesian islands)

苏门达腊

sū mén dá là

variant of 蘇門答臘|苏门答腊[Su1 men2 da2 la4]

进门

jìn mén

to enter a door

遁入空门

dùn rù kōng mén

to take refuge in religious life

过门

guò mén

to pass through a doorway

远门

yuǎn mén

(to go to) distant parts

远门近枝

yuǎn mén jìn zhī

near and distant relatives

边门

biān mén

side door

逻辑门

luó ji mén

logic gate

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