Meaning of 大门
Definitions from CC-CEDICT.
- entrance
- door
- gate
- large and influential family
- the Doors, US rock band
How to use 大门
大门 is the main entrance or front gate of a building, school, park, or home compound. It is often used with verbs like 开 (kāi) open, 关 (guān) close, and 锁 (suǒ) lock. Example: 学校的大门七点开。(Xuéxiào de dàmén qī diǎn kāi.) The school's main gate opens at seven.
大 (dà) means big and 门 (mén) means door, so 大门 is simply the big door. Picture 大 as a person stretching their arms wide in front of a 门 shaped like a doorframe.
Common mistake: Learners often use 大门 for any ordinary door, such as a bedroom door, but that is just 门 or 房门 (fángmén). Also, 门 is written with only three strokes in simplified form, so do not add the extra parts of the traditional 門.
大门 in example sentences
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Stroke order for each character
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大 dà · big · 3 strokes
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门 mén · gate · 3 strokes
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Related words
Words that share a character with 大门.
| 大学 | dàxué | university; college |
| 门口 | ménkǒu | doorway; gate |
| 大学生 | dàxuéshēng | university student; college student |
| 门票 | ménpiào | ticket (for theater, cinema etc) |
| 不大 | bù dà | not very (clear, far away etc); not too; not often; infrequently |
| 大家 | dàjiā | everyone; influential family |
| 大人 | dàren | adult; grownup |
| 长大 | zhǎngdà | to grow up |
| 大部分 | dàbùfen | the greater part; the majority; most; Taiwan pr. [da4bu4fen4] |
| 大声 | dà shēng | loud voice; in a loud voice |
| 大量 | dàliàng | great amount; large quantity |
| 大多数 | dàduōshù | (great) majority |
Questions about 大门
What does 大门 mean?
大门 (dàmén) means "entrance; door" and is used as a noun.
How do you write 大门?
大门 is made of 2 characters: 大 (3 strokes), 门 (3 strokes). That is 6 strokes in total.
Is 大门 an HSK word?
Yes. 大门 is on the HSK 2 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.
How is 大门 written in traditional Chinese?
In traditional characters, 大门 is written 大門.
What is the difference between 大门 and 门口?
大门 is the gate or door itself. 门口 (ménkǒu) is the area at the doorway or just outside it. You say 在门口等我 (zài ménkǒu děng wǒ) for wait for me at the entrance, not 在大门等我 in most cases.
Can 大门 be used in a figurative way?
Yes. It can mean a gateway or opening to something, as in 打开成功的大门 (dǎkāi chénggōng de dàmén), open the door to success. In older or literary use it can also refer to a large and influential family.