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Definitions
- 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
- 21. subjects
- 22. branches of technology
Example Sentences
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Words Containing 门
official gatekeeper
first return of bride to her parental home
specialized agency
gate
side door
Kinmen County, Taiwan (the Kinmen or Quemoy islands off the Fujian coast)
guests filled the hall (idiom); a house full of distinguished visitors
to be dependent upon sb
Shimen county in Changde 常德[cháng dé], Hunan
an overhung door
Ximen Bao (active around 422 BC), statesman and hydraulic engineer of Wei 魏國|魏国[wèi guó]
Camembert (soft, creamy French cheese)
Jingmen prefecture-level city in Hubei
Drammen (city in Buskerud, Norway)
to close a door
Alpha Centauri or Rigel Kentaurus
Cyanobacteria (phylum of blue-green algae)
Jingmen prefecture-level city in Hubei
janitor
to try to score (a goal)
Tianmen sub-prefecture level city in Hubei
a fire in the city gates is also a calamity for the fish in the moat (idiom); the bystander will also suffer
to make a significant advance in one's career (idiom)
to beat a tiger from the front door, only to have a wolf come in at the back (idiom); fig. facing one problem after another
offspring a famous family (idiom); good breeding
overgrown gate, wicker windows (idiom); poor person's house
(to go to) distant parts
area above the lintel of a doorway
to form one's own group or school of thought
Monroe Doctrine
an upset (esp. in sports)
lit. the yamen is strong as iron, the officials flow like water (idiom)
to close doors and block openings (idiom); mounting a strict defense
Menba ethnic group
while the connoisseur recognizes the artistry, the layman simply enjoys the show
lit. (may the) five blessings descend upon this home (namely: longevity, wealth, health, virtue, and a natural death)
lit. the gate of a noble house is like the sea (idiom)
Yumen, county-level city in Jiuquan 酒泉, Gansu
outpatient service
Mentougou district of Beijing
lit. when the ship arrives at the bridge we can deal with the problem
to break the door down and enter (idiom)
way of doing sth
voice
rich and powerful family
\shikumen\ style architecture: traditional (ca. 19th century) residences with courtyards, once common in Shanghai
incisor
ancient Chinese divination tradition (still in use today)
Kinmen or Quemoy islands off the Fujian coast, administered by Taiwan
passageway
pylorus (anatomy)
Sanmen County in Zhejiang
see 門庭若市|门庭若市[mén tíng ruò shì]
Solomon (name)
inner side of the wrist, where the pulse is felt
to knock on a door
messenger of death
side door
Bacillariophyta, phylum of diatom single-celled phytoplankton
Yumen, county-level city in Jiuquan 酒泉, Gansu
famous family
Rashomon, Japanese novel and movie
doorway
Yimen county in Yuxi 玉溪[yù xī], Yunnan
to close the door in one's face (idiom)
access
(coll.) (emphasizing a rhetorical question) what
\Phone Gate\, corruption scandal unearthed through telephone records
to exterminate an entire family
boarding gate
gatekeeper
Brahmanism
side door
Menyuan Hui Autonomous County in Haibei Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture 海北藏族自治州[hǎi běi zàng zú zì zhì zhōu], Qinghai
(railway) platform screen doors
turnstile
to invite the devil to one's house (idiom)
a learned person need not leave his home to know what's going on in the world (idiom)
introductory course
Tiananmen Square
family with a literary reputation (idiom); literary family
lit. to decorate the front of one's store (idiom)
Guanganmen in Xuanwu 宣武區|宣武区 district of southwest Beijing
Timon of Athens, 1607 tragedy by William Shakespeare 莎士比亞|莎士比亚[shā shì bǐ yà]
to open the throttle
overgrown gate, wicker windows (idiom); poor person's house
shutter
to visit sb
Chaoyangmen neighborhood of Beijing
Buddhism
to knock on the door
Yimen county in Yuxi 玉溪[yù xī], Yunnan
to wear out the doorstep (idiom)
fontanel (gap between the bones of an infant's skull)
disciple
Kinmen or Quemoy islands off the Fujian coast, administered by Taiwan
near and distant relatives
the Qing dynasty equivalent of the Foreign Office
the building or room opposite
angiospermae (phylum of flowering plants with seed contained in a fruit)
Xiamen, subprovincial city in Fujian
to live apart from parents (of married couple)
anus (rural coll.)
exit door (of the stage)
entrance hall
to burst or force open a door
Helicobacter pylori (stomach bacterium)
to marry and live with the bride's family (inverting traditional Chinese expectations)
security door
gate to enlightment (Buddhism)
specialist
to come to sb's door
Humen Town, also known as Taiping 太平[tài píng], a town within Dongguan prefecture-level city 東莞市|东莞市[dōng guǎn shì], Guangdong
familiar
Xaitongmoin county, Tibetan: Bzhad mthong smon rdzong, in Shigatse prefecture, Tibet
Book of Mormon
Sanmenxia, prefecture-level city in Henan
doorpost
doorstep
sedan (motor car)
salmonella typhimurium
Mönchengladbach (city in Germany)
Longmen Grottoes at Luoyang 洛陽|洛阳[luò yáng], Henan
Xaitongmoin county, Tibetan: Bzhad mthong smon rdzong, in Shigatse prefecture, Tibet
see 挨家挨戶|挨家挨户[āi jiā āi hù]
swing door
layman
door of a room
people who don't belong together, don't get to live together (idiom)
Ximending (neighborhood in Wanhua district, Taipei)
Qianmen subway station on Beijing Subway Line 2
door lock
Cyanobacteria (phylum of blue-green algae)
lit. to shut oneself away and build a cart (idiom)
hanger-on
seat of the government
sectarian bias
door latch
administrative department
to specialize
door knocker (in the shape of a ring)
side door
to organize by categories
lit. to swallow one's knocked-out teeth after getting punched in the face (idiom)
see 裝點門面|装点门面[zhuāng diǎn mén miàn]
Agamemnon
fluxgate (electrical engineering)
couplet (hung on each side of the door frame)
bricks-and-mortar customer; walk-in customer
forehead (dialect)
doorstop
goods in great demand
Xizhimen neighborhood of Beijing
gatehouse
emergency exit
Panmunjeom, the Joint Security Area in the Korean demilitarized zone
to close the door (lit. and fig.)
Sanmenxia, prefecture-level city in Henan
see 門第|门第[mén dì]
clinic
the whole family
Andingmen neighborhood of Beijing
Confucius' school (i.e. his direct disciples)
last disciple of a master
Panmunjom village on the DMZ between North and South Korea
electric switch
to answer the door
the Doors, US rock band
to close down a business for good and put the best face on it (idiom)
Siemens (company name)
wooden or stone block supporting the axle of a door
see 改換門庭|改换门庭[gǎi huàn mén tíng]
(zoology) phylum Porifera (sponges)
forehead
Solomon (name)
Dmitri Ivanovich Mendeleev (1834-1907), Russian chemist who introduced the periodic table
Mormon (religion)
shop front
(retail) store
retail department
Chongwenmen gate in Beijing
to take refuge in religious life
Jiangmen prefecture-level city in Guangdong
airplane cabin door
to break in
the Yi gate of 大梁, capital of Wei 魏 during Warring states
cardia (anatomy)
screen door
Asparagaceae, family of flowering plants which includes asparagus
lit. the snow piles up at Cheng Yi's door (idiom)
leaving the door open invites the thief (idiom); to invite disaster by giving evildoers a free hand
Longmenshan fault line, a tectonically active thrust fault line at the northwest boundary of the Sichuan basin
doorway
Neimen township in Kaohsiung county 高雄縣|高雄县[gāo xióng xiàn], southwest Taiwan
retail sales
to be unable to find a place to stay (idiom)
chat
doorstop
arched door
doorstop
to leave the door unlocked for sb
the gates of hell
lit. fill the door
to introduce oneself
revolving door
salmonella
Carmen (name)
the back door
one depends on one's parents when at home, and on one's friends when away from home (idiom)
to visit sb at home
lintel (of a door)
door knob
favorite pupil
Qimen county in Huangshan 黃山|黄山[huáng shān], Anhui
door god
a learned person need not leave his home to know what's going on in the world (idiom)
to break into a house when nobody is home
door
maxillary central incisor
Epistle of St Paul to Philemon
to enter a door
Shimen or Shihmen township in New Taipei City 新北市[xīn běi shì], Taiwan
Menyuan Hui Autonomous County in Haibei Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture 海北藏族自治州[hǎi běi zàng zú zì zhì zhōu], Qinghai
throttle
the master leads you to the door, the rest is up to you
valve (esp. tire valve)
Eva Mendes, American actress
cement (Shanghainese) (loanword)
guard at gate
to keep up appearances
Tuen Mun district of New Territories, Hong Kong
academic discipline
to beat a tiger from the front door, only to have a wolf come in at the back (idiom); fig. facing one problem after another
main entrance
Helicobacter pylori (stomach bacterium)
to drop in
Santimen township in Pingtung County 屏東縣|屏东县[píng dōng xiàn], Taiwan
valve
poor and humble family
car door
Longmen county in Huizhou 惠州[huì zhōu], Guangdong
open door policy
entrance door
to catch a thief by closing his escape route (idiom)
monastery main gate (Buddhism)
fontanel (gap between the bones of an infant's skull)
Fuchengmen neighborhood of Beijing
ticket (for theater, cinema etc)
family of officials
Mormon (religion)
lit. woodcutter's family
lit. at home, one can spend a thousand days in comfort, but spending a day away from home can be challenging (idiom)
The courtyard is deserted, you can net sparrows at the door (idiom); completely deserted
outside the door
doorsill
door
category
Watergate scandal
to close the door (when going through it)
Shimen or Shihmen township in New Taipei City 新北市[xīn běi shì], Taiwan
to excommunicate (from a Buddhist monastery)
pants fly is down
the families are well-matched in terms of social status (idiom)
sect
Municipality of Macau
South Gate to Heaven, the name a gate constructed on various mountains, most notably on Mount Tai 泰山[tài shān]
specialist
doorway
Provisional Municipal Council of Macau
to be refused entrance (idiom)
Mensa (loanword)
strange
door plate
family status
to keep up appearances
specialist
noble house
Qinghemen district of Fuxin city 阜新市, Liaoning
to improve one's family's social status by moving up in the world
messenger of death
Achilles' heel
rectum (anatomy)
Doumen District of Zhuhai City 珠海市[zhū hǎi shì], Guangdong
from door to door, one by one
to go out
to display one's slight skill before an expert (idiom)
he who never wrongs others does not fear the knock in the night; you can rest with a clear conscience
glottis
lit. lock the door and search for the right word (idiom); fig. the serious hard work of writing
anus
Tumen or Bumin Khan (-553), founder of Göktürk khanate
(biology) subphylum (in zoological taxonomy); subdivision (in the taxonomy of plants or fungi)
to open the back door
lit. a brick as a door knocker (idiom); fig. a temporary expedient
Sanmen county in Taizhou 台州[tāi zhōu], Zhejiang
Neimen township in Kaohsiung county 高雄縣|高雄县[gāo xióng xiàn], southwest Taiwan
door
Salmon (son of Nashon)
keycard
Book of Mormon
Qinghemen district of Fuxin city 阜新市, Liaoning
Deshengmen (Beijing)
the five schools of Chan Buddhism (idiom)
Menyuan Hui Autonomous County in Haibei Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture 海北藏族自治州[hǎi běi zàng zú zì zhì zhōu], Qinghai
house door
main entrance
one-stop (service, shop etc)
restrictions on entry and exiting
Hongmen feast
customs section
to shut the door and remain inside
Sacramento
popular; hot; in vogue
the Bocca Tigris, a narrow strait in the Pearl River Delta, Guangdong
myriad
Vertebrata, the phylum of vertebrates
lit. shut the door and beat the dog (idiom)
sliding door
accelerator (pedal)
to rush out through a door (idiom)
a good beginning
Sanmen county in Taizhou 台州[tāi zhōu], Zhejiang
Haimen, county-level city in Nantong 南通[nán tōng], Jiangsu
Qimen county in Huangshan 黃山|黄山[huáng shān], Anhui
to lock one's door and refuse to see sb
corner gate
side door
amen (loanword)
family tradition
(sports) (cricket) wicket (set of stumps and bails)
Xiamen University
Siemens AG
lit. to open the door and see the mountain; fig. to get right to the point (idiom)
Legislative Council of Macao
He who never wrongs others does not fear the knock in the night.
half-open door
Yumen Pass, or Jade Gate, western frontier post on the Silk Road in the Han Dynasty, west of Dunhuang, in Gansu
to knock on a door
the way to do sth
guests filled the hall (idiom); a house full of distinguished visitors
gatekeeper
Solomon Islands in southwest Pacific
Tiananmen Gate, entrance of the Imperial City in Beijing
Longmen county in Huizhou 惠州[huì zhōu], Guangdong
to set one's heart on sth (idiom)
epiglottis
stoop
door frame
front yard as busy as a marketplace (idiom)
goalmouth (in soccer)
Brahmin
department
Haimen, county-level city in Nantong 南通[nán tōng], Jiangsu
to be unable to get into (a house, an organization, a field of study, a particular type of career etc)
camembert cheese
defensive gate
disciple
Yemen
to support the family business (idiom)
Macao
lit. to enter by the back door
government office in feudal China
Fuxingmen neighborhood of Beijing
city gate
Annelidan, the phylum of annelid worms
sliding door
entrance and exit door
web portal
croquet
Xuanwu gate coup of June 626 in early Tang, in which Li Shimin 李世民 killed his brothers, seized the throne from his father as Emperor Taizong 唐太宗
firecrackers set off at the stroke of midnight on New Year's Day (a Chinese tradition)
lit. General Iron is guarding the door (idiom)
see 天地會|天地会[tiān dì huì]
goalkeeper
AND gate (electronics)
Sumatra, one of the Indonesian islands
door hinge
Mt Longmen, the northwest boundary of the Sichuan basin, an active geological fault line
Achaemenid Empire of Persian (559-330 BC)
throat
young unmarried lady role in Chinese opera
wicker door, hole window (idiom); fig. wretched hovel
lit. good deeds do not go beyond the door, evil deeds spread a thousand miles
doorman
military branch
Doumen District of Zhuhai City 珠海市[zhū hǎi shì], Guangdong
asparagus
Chordata, phylum containing vertebrates
entrance portal (to a palace)
to use social connections
sweep the snow from your own door step, don't worry about the frost on your neighbor's roof (idiom)
airtight door
goalball (Paralympic sport)
valve (mechanical)
disciple
Tianmen sub-prefecture level city in Hubei
Mentougou district of Beijing municipality
to accelerate
doorbell
Peimen township in Tainan county 台南縣|台南县[tái nán xiàn], Taiwan
small side door of a palace
sluice gate
incisor
dishonest practices
closing cover
Xuanwumen, Beijing
you can net sparrows at the door (idiom); completely deserted
to excommunicate (from a church)
see 吃閉門羹|吃闭门羹[chī bì mén gēng]
to execute the whole family and confiscate their property
to open a door (lit. and fig.)
doorstep
flamenco (loanword)
dissenting religious sect (idiom); heretical school of opinion
to keep goal
triumphal arch
vulva
to lock the door
monk (Sanskrit: Sramana, originally refers to north India)
shop front
shut oneself up and ponder over one's mistakes
roll-up door
special train
a trick
door to door
Ximen Qing, a fictional character in the novels \Jin Ping Mei\ 金瓶梅[jīn píng méi] and \Water Margin\ 水滸傳|水浒传[shuǐ hǔ zhuàn]
door frame
to arrive home
couplet (hung on each side of the door frame)
lit. there is no road to the sky, nor door into the earth (idiom)
family prestige
lit. devil's gate, crooked path (idiom); corrupt practices
splendor shines on the family's door (idiom)
two simultaneous happy events in the family
woodcutter's cottage (idiom); poor person's hovel
Monroe (name)
Tutankhamen, king of ancient Egypt 1333-1323 BC
see 走門路|走门路[zǒu mén lù]
Jiangmen prefecture-level city in Guangdong
gate
door bolt
Salmonella
personnel office
to seek help from social connections
a neglected branch (of arts, science, sports etc)
Longmenshan fault line, a tectonically active thrust fault line at the northwest boundary of the Sichuan basin
in front of the door
rich and powerful (families)
(soccer, handball etc) to kick or shoot the ball towards the goal
double column surface grinding machine
Santimen township in Pingtung County 屏東縣|屏东县[píng dōng xiàn], Taiwan
doormat
Dongzhimen neighborhood of Beijing
see 串門|串门[chuàn mén]
melody
permaculture (loanword)
to come from a distinguished family
wicker door, hole window (idiom); fig. wretched hovel
house call fee
Sumatra (one of the Indonesian islands)
OR gate (electronics)
the one and only way
to close a door
gymnosperm (plants with seed contained in a cone)
to call on sb
valve
Helicobacter pylori (stomach bacterium)
to pass through a doorway
to stand as a goalkeeper
Macau International Airport