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Mén

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Mén Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
Mén | Men2
English translation
surname Men
gate
door
CL: shān [shàn]
gateway
doorway
CL:
>[gè]
opening
valve
switch
way to do something
knack
family
house
(religious) sect
school (of thought)
class
category
phylum or division (taxonomy)
classifier for large guns
classifier for lessons, subjects, branches of technology
gate, door, entrance, opening

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About Mén

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Number of strokes

3

Traditional form

mén

Contains the radical

Mén

Part of speech

Noun / 名词 míng cí Míngcí

Learning hint

An open doorway or gate

Etymology of Mén

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Type

pictographic

Positional decomposition

⿰⿱丶丨

Explanation

Simplified form of mén . Pictograph of a gate.

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Example sentences using Mén

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一下 yīxià zhuàng dào 门框 mén kuàng shǎng , tóu zhuàng le .

I charged into a doorpost and hurt my head.

qiāo le 3 Mén .

He struck three times on the door.

看门人 kān mén rén shì 六十 liù shí suì de ǎi pán .

The gateman was a stodgy fellow of

cuàn chū 厨房 chúfáng Mén .

He dived out of the galley door.

pēng de 一声 yī shēng Guān 上门 shàng mén ,插销 chā xiāo shuān hǎo .

He slammed the door and drove the bolt home.

Words with Mén

Explore 24 words and sayings that include the Chinese character Mén in their composition.

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
Mén gate mén
部门 bùmén department部門
专门 zhuānmén specialist專門
开门 kāi mén to open for business開門
出门 chū mén to go out出門
厦门 Xià mén Xiamen or Amoy, subprovincial city in Fujian, abbr. shà | Xià [Xià]廈門
大门 Dà mén entrance大門
关门 guān mén to close a door關門
门口 mén kǒu doorway門口
门票 mén piào ticket (for theater, cinema etc)門票
上门 shàng mén to drop in上門
阿门 ā mén amen (loanword)阿門
门前 mén qián in front of the door門前
敲门 qiāo mén to knock on a door敲門
后门 hòu mén anus後門
热门 rèmén popular熱門
家门 jiā mén house door家門
澳门 Aò mén Macao澳門
射门 shè mén (soccer, handball etc) to kick or shoot the ball towards the goal射門
前门 Qián mén front door前門
门诊 mén zhěn outpatient service門診
车门 chē mén car door車門
门槛 mén kǎn doorstep門檻
门锁 mén suǒ door lock門鎖

Mén Decomposition & Compounds

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Mén Compounds

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