门 (門) mén

1. mén noun door; gate; doorway; gateway
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: In this sense 门 is an architectural feature. For example, 有人敲门 'someone knocked at the door.' (Lao She, 2003, p. 174; ABCE '門'; GHDC '门' 1; FE '門' 1; Kroll 2015 '門' 1, p. 300)
2. mén noun phylum; division
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Biology
   Notes: (Guoyu '門' n 8)
3. mén noun sect; school
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 派别 or 宗派 (GHDC '门' 7; Guoyu '門' n 5; FE '門' 3; Kroll 2015 '門' 2, p. 300)
4. mén noun Kangxi radical 169
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Radicals
   Notes: Gate (ABC back cover; GHC p. 7)
5. mén measure word measure word for lessons, subjects, large guns, etc
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Quantity
   Notes: Used for (1) large guns (2) lessons and skills and (3) marriage and relatives (GHDC '门' 10; FE '門' 6)
6. mén noun a door-like object
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: In this sense 门 is an object that performs the function of a gate or door; for example, 闸门 'sluice gate' (GHDC '门' 2)
7. mén noun an opening
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: Especially, an opening in the body (GHDC '门' 3).
8. mén noun an access point; a border entrance
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 门径 (GHDC '门' 4, 5)
9. mén noun a household; a clan
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 家族 (GHDC '门' 6; FE '門' 2)
10. mén noun a kind; a category
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 类别 (GHDC '门' 8; FE '門' 4; Kroll 2015 '門' 3, p. 300)
11. mén verb to guard a gate
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 守门 (GHDC '门' 9; FE '門' 7)
12. mén proper noun Men
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Names , Concept: Surname 姓氏
    Notes: (GHDC '门' 11)
13. mén noun a turning point
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (FE '門' 5; FE '門' 8)
14. mén noun a method
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (Kroll 2015 '門' 1a, p. 300)
15. mén noun a sense organ
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (Kroll 2015 '門' 1b, p. 300)

Contained in

• 谯门(譙門) a watchtower
• 改换门庭(改換門庭) to improve one's family's social status by moving up in the world
• 门牙(門牙) incisor
• 节气门(節氣門) throttle
• 伤寒沙门氏菌(傷寒沙門氏菌) salmonella typhimurium
• 便门(便門) side door; wicket door
• 串门儿(串門兒) to visit
• 船到桥门自会直(船到橋門自會直) when the ship arrives at the bridge we can deal with the problem
• 诣门(詣門) to visit
• 门首(門首) doorway; gate; entrance
• 油门(油門) accelerator (pedal); gas pedal; throttle
• 天门冬科(天門冬科) Asparagaceae, family of flowering plants which includes asparagus
• 玄门(玄門) Taoism; Daoism
• 东直门(東直門) Dongzhimen
• 门市(門市) retail sales
• 回门(回門) first return of bride to her parental home
• 同门(同門) fellow student ; living in the same family ; living in the same neighborhood
• 蓝菌门(藍菌門) Cyanobacteria (phylum of blue-green algae)
• 崇文门(崇文門) Chongwenmen gate
• 内行看门道，外行看热闹(內行看門道，外行看熱鬧) while the connoisseur recognizes the artistry, the layman simply enjoys the show
• 革出教门(革出教門) to excommunicate (from a church)
• 大门(大門) main gate
• 囟门(囟門) fontanel
• 门洞(門洞) passageway; archway
• 入门(入門) a primer; an introductory course ; to study the fundamentals ; to enter a gate
• 将门(將門) the commander-in-chief's family
• 门罗主义(門羅主義) Monroe Doctrine
• 北门(北門) North Gate
• 门诊部(門診部) outpatient service department
• 板门店停战村(板門店停戰村) Panmunjom village on the DMZ between North and South Korea
• 闯空门(闖空門) to break into a house when nobody is home
• 天门冬(天門冬) asparagus
• 幽门螺旋杆菌(幽門螺旋桿菌) Helicobacter pylori (stomach bacterium)
• 或门(或門) OR gate
• 幽门螺旋菌(幽門螺旋菌) Helicobacter pylori (stomach bacterium)
• 滑门(滑門) sliding door
• 宾朋盈门(賓朋盈門) guests filled the hall; a house full of distinguished visitors
• 门墩(門墩) wooden or stone block supporting the axle of a door

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• 卷六十三　　　　表第三　　　宰相下 Volume 63 Tables 3: Chancellors 3 New Book of Tang 新唐書 — count: 186
• 卷六十二　　　　表第二　　　宰相中 Volume 62 Tables 2: Chancellors 2 New Book of Tang 新唐書 — count: 105
• 卷一百二十一 志第七十四 禮二十四 Volume 121 Treatises 74: Rites 24 History of Song 宋史 — count: 94
• 《門部》 Mén Radical Shuo Wen Jie Zi 說文解字 — count: 94
• 卷八十五 志第三十八 地理一 Volume 85 Treatises 38: Geography 1 History of Song 宋史 — count: 93
• 卷六十一　　　　表第一　　　宰相上 Volume 61 Tables 1: Chancellors 1 New Book of Tang 新唐書 — count: 76
• 卷六十八 志第四十四 輿服四 Volume 68 Treatises 44: Carriages and Clothing 4 History of Ming 明史 — count: 76
• 卷七十四 志第五十 職官三 Volume 74 Treatises 50: Official Posts 3 History of Ming 明史 — count: 70
• 卷二百十二 表第三 宰輔三 Volume 212 Tables 3: Chancellors 3 History of Song 宋史 — count: 65
• 卷八　　　　　　本紀第八　穆宗　敬宗　文宗　武宗　宣宗 Volume 8 Annals 8: Muzong, Jingzong, Wenzong, Wuzong, Xuanzong New Book of Tang 新唐書 — count: 64

Collocations

• 门之外 (門之外) 劍及於寢門之外 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 宣公 Lord Xuan — count: 10
• 四门 (四門) 賓于四門 — Book of Documents 尚書, 虞書 舜典 Yu Shu - Canon of Shun — count: 6
• 雉门 (雉門) 雉門及兩觀災 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 定公 Lord Ding — count: 6
• 门及 (門及) 雉門及兩觀災 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 定公 Lord Ding — count: 5
• 桐门 (桐門) 圍宋門于桐門 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 襄公 Lord Xiang — count: 5
• 门中 (門中) 死於門中 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 莊公 Lord Zhang — count: 4
• 寝门 (寢門) 寢門闢矣 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 宣公 Lord Xuan — count: 4
• 稷门 (稷門) 能投蓋於稷門 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 莊公 Lord Zhang — count: 4
• 卢门 (盧門) 為盧門之椽 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 桓公 Lord Huan — count: 3
• 启门 (啟門) 偪陽人啟門 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 襄公 Lord Xiang — count: 3