门 meaning in English
gate; door; doorway; gateway; opening (CL:扇[shan4]); valve; switch; other door-like or gate-like structure
Meaning of 门
Definitions from CC-CEDICT.
- gate; door; doorway; gateway; opening (CL:扇[shan4])
- valve; switch; other door-like or gate-like structure
- way to do sth; knack; method; approach
- family; household; lineage
- (bound form) sect; school; faction (religious or academic)
- (bound form) class; category; division; phylum
- classifier for courses, fields of study, branches of technology, relatives by marriage, guns etc
- (suffix) -gate (scandal)
- surname Men
How to use 门
门 (mén) means door or gate and appears in many everyday words like 门口 (ménkǒu, doorway) and 出门 (chūmén, to go out). It is also a measure word for school subjects and courses. Example: 我这个学期有五门课。(Wǒ zhège xuéqī yǒu wǔ mén kè.) I have five classes this semester.
The traditional form 門 looks like two swinging door panels side by side. The simplified 门 keeps just the outline: a dot on top like a latch and a frame you can walk through.
Common mistake: Learners often confuse 门 with 们 (men), the plural suffix in 我们 (wǒmen). 们 has the person radical 亻 on the left and is usually toneless, while 门 stands alone and is said with a rising second tone.
门 in example sentences
Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.
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门 mén · gate · 3 strokes
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Related words
Words that share a character with 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 |
| 敲门 | qiāo mén | to knock on a door |
| 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 |
Questions about 门
What does 门 mean?
门 (mén) means "gate; door; doorway; gateway; opening (CL:扇[shan4]); valve; switch; other door-like or gate-like structure" and is used as a noun and measure word.
How do you write 门?
门 is made of 1 character: 门 (3 strokes). That is 3 strokes in total.
Is 门 an HSK word?
Yes. 门 is on the HSK 1 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.
How is 门 written in traditional Chinese?
In traditional characters, 门 is written 門.
What measure word do you use for a door?
Use 扇 (shàn) for a door itself, as in 一扇门 (yí shàn mén). 门 is itself a measure word, but it counts things like courses and subjects, not doors.
What does 门 mean at the end of scandal names?
As a suffix, 门 works like English -gate and marks a scandal, modeled on Watergate. You will see it in news headlines about a specific scandal.