Meaning of 敲门
Definitions from CC-CEDICT.
- to knock on a door
How to use 敲门
敲门 is a verb-object phrase, so you can put things between the two parts, like 敲了三下门 (knocked three times). It also shows up in the set phrase 敲门砖 (qiāoménzhuān), a stepping stone to get somewhere. Example: 进来之前请先敲门。(Jìnlái zhīqián qǐng xiān qiāomén.) Please knock before you come in.
敲 (qiāo) means to knock or tap, and 门 (mén) looks like a doorway with two posts. Picture your knuckles tapping on that doorway frame: 敲门, knock on the door.
Common mistake: Learners often write 敲 with the wrong right side. It takes 攴 (the rapping hand), not 欠 or 支, so check the right half carefully. Also keep 敲 in first tone (qiāo), not the falling tone people sometimes give it.
敲门 in example sentences
Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.
Stroke order for each character
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敲 qiāo · to hit · 14 strokes
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门 mén · gate · 3 strokes
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Related words
Words that share a character with 敲门.
| 门口 | ménkǒu | doorway; gate |
| 门票 | ménpiào | ticket (for theater, cinema etc) |
| 出门 | chūmén | to go out; to leave home |
| 大门 | dàmén | entrance; door |
| 部门 | bùmén | department; branch |
| 专门 | zhuānmén | specialized; dedicated (to a particular field or purpose); specially; specifically (for a |
| 上门 | shàngmén | to drop in; to visit |
| 热门 | rèmén | popular; hot; in vogue |
| 入门 | rùmén | entrance door; to enter a door |
| 门诊 | ménzhěn | outpatient service |
| 门铃 | ménlíng | doorbell |
| 敲诈 | qiāozhà | to rip off; to extort (money) |
Questions about 敲门
What does 敲门 mean?
敲门 (qiāo mén) means "to knock on a door".
How do you write 敲门?
敲门 is made of 2 characters: 敲 (14 strokes), 门 (3 strokes). That is 17 strokes in total.
Is 敲门 an HSK word?
Yes. 敲门 is on the HSK 5 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.
How is 敲门 written in traditional Chinese?
In traditional characters, 敲门 is written 敲門.
How do I say someone is knocking at the door?
You can say 有人敲门 (yǒu rén qiāomén), meaning someone is knocking. If you hear it, you might answer 谁呀 (shéi ya), meaning who is it.
Can I say 敲门了 or 敲了门?
Both work, with slightly different focus. 他敲了门 (tā qiāole mén) means he knocked on the door. 他敲门了 (tā qiāomén le) stresses that the knocking has now happened.