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

• 撬门(撬門) to break in; to force a door
• 登机门(登機門) boarding gate
• 豪门(豪門) rich and powerful (families); aristocratic; big shots
• 门楣石(門楣石) stone lintel
• 门望(門望) family prestige
• 屏门(屏門) a screen
• 开门炮(開門炮) firecrackers set off at the stroke of midnight on New Year's Day (a Chinese tradition)
• 栅门(柵門) gate; door with grating; turnstile ; logical gate
• 宅门(宅門) gate to a residence; innermost door of a residence ; the residence of a senior official
• 吸门(吸門) epiglottis
• 图坦卡门(圖坦卡門) Tutankhamen, king of ancient Egypt 1333-1323 BC
• 门市部(門市部) a retail department; a section of a retail store
• 开门(開門) to open a door ; to open for business
• 沙门氏菌(沙門氏菌) Salmonella
• 索罗门(索羅門) Solomon
• 装点门面(裝點門面) to decorate the front of one's store; to embellish (one's CV, etc)/to keep up appearances/to put up a front
• 破门而入(破門而入) to break the door down and enter
• 盲人门球(盲人門球) goalball (Paralympic sport)
• 衡门深巷(衡門深巷) crude dwellings in deep alleys
• 门闩(門閂) a horizontal bar to lock a door; door bolt
• 声门(聲門) glottis
• 南门二(南門二) Alpha Centauri or Rigel Kentaurus
• 城门口(城門口) city gate entrance
• 闸门(閘門) a sluice gate
• 刺胞动物门(刺胞動物門) Cnidaria
• 秀才不出门，全知天下事(秀才不出門，全知天下事) a learned person need not leave his home to know what's going on in the world
• 蓬门筚户(蓬門篳戶) overgrown gate, wicker windows; poor person's house; humble home
• 卷帘门(卷簾門) roll-up door ; roll-up door
• 复兴门(復興門) Fuxingmen neighborhood
• 罩门(罩門) Achilles' heel; chink in the armor
• 爆冷门(爆冷門) an upset (especially in sports); unexpected turn of events; to pull off a coup; a breakthrough
• 门字旁(門字旁) name of Kangxi radical 169
• 串门(串門) to call on somebody; to drop in; to visit
• 肛门(肛門) anus
• 侯门(侯門) noble house
• 脑门子(腦門子) forehead
• 熟门熟路(熟門熟路) familiar
• 将门有将(將門有將) the family of a commander produces more commanders
• 书香门第(書香門第) family with a literary reputation; literary family
• 踏破门槛(踏破門檻) to wear out the doorstep; to crowd at the door
• 师父领进门，修行在个人(師父領進門，修行在個人) the master leads you to the door, the rest is up to you

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期门 、 天门 、 雁门关 、 声门塞音 、 夷门 、 门捷列夫 、 崖门战役 、 云门六不收 、 石门乡 、 北门乡

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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
• 《門部》 Mén Radical Shuo Wen Jie Zi 說文解字 — count: 94
• 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
• 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
• 卷七 本紀第七: 中宗 睿宗 Volume 7 Annals 7: Zhongzong, Ruizong Old Book of Tang 舊唐書 — 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
• 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
• 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
• 阖门 (闔門) 築者闔門 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 定公 Lord Ding — count: 3
• 不出门 (不出門) 婦人送迎不出門 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 僖公 Lord Xi — count: 3