Meaning of 热门
Definitions from CC-CEDICT.
- popular; hot; in vogue
How to use 热门
热门 describes things that many people want or talk about, like topics, majors, jobs, or destinations. It often comes before a noun directly. Example: 这是今年最热门的专业。(Zhè shì jīnnián zuì rèmén de zhuānyè.) This is the most popular major this year.
热 (rè) means hot and 门 (mén) means door or gate. Picture a hot door that everyone is crowding through, so a 热门 thing is the popular one people rush toward.
Common mistake: Learners sometimes use 热门 for a popular person, but for people Chinese usually says 受欢迎 (shòu huānyíng) or 红 (hóng). Also keep the fourth tone on 热 (rè) and second tone on 门 (mén); do not flatten 门 into a neutral tone.
热门 in example sentences
Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.
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热 rè · to warm up · 10 strokes
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门 mén · gate · 3 strokes
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Related words
Words that share a character with 热门.
| 门口 | ménkǒu | doorway; gate |
| 门票 | ménpiào | ticket (for theater, cinema etc) |
| 出门 | chūmén | to go out; to leave home |
| 热情 | rèqíng | cordial; enthusiastic |
| 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 |
| 热爱 | rè'ài | to love ardently; to adore |
| 热烈 | rèliè | enthusiastic; ardent |
| 热闹 | rènao | lively; bustling; full of activity; to make things lively; to have a good time |
| 热心 | rèxīn | enthusiastic; ardent; zealous |
| 上门 | shàngmén | to drop in; to visit |
Questions about 热门
What does 热门 mean?
热门 (rèmén) means "popular; hot; in vogue" and is used as a noun.
How do you write 热门?
热门 is made of 2 characters: 热 (10 strokes), 门 (3 strokes). That is 13 strokes in total.
Is 热门 an HSK word?
Yes. 热门 is on the HSK 5 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.
How is 热门 written in traditional Chinese?
In traditional characters, 热门 is written 熱門.
What is the opposite of 热门?
The opposite is 冷门 (lěngmén), literally a cold door. It means unpopular or little known, as in 冷门专业 (lěngmén zhuānyè), an unpopular major.
How is 热门 used online?
On websites and apps you will see 热门话题 (rèmén huàtí) for trending topics and 热门搜索 (rèmén sōusuǒ) for top searches. In these phrases it works like the English word trending.