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门

mén · men/Mén · men

Traditional 門

HSK 1Old HSK 2

Meaning

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mén 門

  1. gate
  2. door
  3. CL:扇 (shàn)
  4. gateway
  5. doorway
  6. CL:個 / 个 (gè)
  7. opening
  8. valve
  9. switch
  10. way to do something
  11. knack
  12. family
  13. house
  14. (religious) sect
  15. school (of thought)
  16. class
  17. category
  18. phylum or division (taxonomy)
  19. classifier for large guns
  20. classifier for lessons, subjects, branches of technology
  21. (suffix) -gate (i.e. scandal; derived from Watergate)

Mén 門

  1. surname Men

In a sentence

2 examples
01

玛(mǎ)丽(lì)悄(qiāo)悄(qiāo)地(de)关(guān)上(shàng)了(le)门(mén)。

Mary closed the door quietly.

Tatoeba: Chinese by Martha · English by CK · CC BY 2.0 FR. Simplified Chinese conversion; Pinyin added or corrected.

02

我(wǒ)认(rèn)识(shi)那(nà)个(ge)坐(zuò)得(de)最(zuì)靠(kào)近(jìn)门(mén)的(de)男(nán)孩(hái)。

I know the boy who is sitting closest to the door.

Tatoeba: Chinese by fucongcong · English by CC · CC BY 2.0 FR. Pinyin added or corrected.

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