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) 门 is also used in old Chinese in this sense (ABCE '門'; GHDC '门' 1; FE '門' 1; Kroll 2015 '門' 1, p. 300). When used in Buddhism 门 translates the Sanskrit term ”dvāra” (FGDB '門'; MW 'dvāra').
2. mén noun phylum / division
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Biology 生物学
   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 部首
   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 数量
   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 名字 , 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

• 澳门(澳門) Macau
• 部门(部門) department / branch / section / division
• 上门(上門) to drop in / to visit ; to close the door
• 门槛(門檻) door sill / threshold
• 门户(門戶) a door ; a strategic location ; family status / family ; a sect / a faction / a school ; a brothel ; a martial arts posture ; doors and windows ; web portal
• 专门(專門) specialist / specialized / customized
• 金门大桥(金門大橋) Golden Gate Bridge
• 守门员(守門員) goal-keeper
• 门闩(門閂) a horizontal bar to lock a door/ door bolt
• 热门(熱門) popular / hot / in vogue
• 学门(學門) branch of study
• 与门(與門) AND gate
• 门口(門口) doorway / gate ; gatekeeper
• 门面(門面) shop front / storefront
• 出门(出門) to go on a journey / to go out the door
• 对门(對門) the building or room opposite
• 门诊(門診) outpatient service ; to use an outpatient service
• 走后门儿(走後門兒) to gain influence by pull or unofficial channels
• 门当户对(門當戶對) social position and economic status in harmony
• 门市部(門市部) a retail department / a section of a retail store
• 挨门挨户(挨門挨戶) from door to door
• 入门(入門) a primer / an introductory course ; to study the fundamentals ; to enter a gate ; to become a monastic
• 沙门(沙門) a Buddhist monk / a wandering monk / a shramana / a sramana / renunciant / mendicant ; the Shramana movement / wandering ascetic
• 门第(門第) family status
• 爆冷门儿(爆冷門兒) an upset
• 前门(前門) front door ; Qianmen
• 沙门氏菌(沙門氏菌) Salmonella
• 邪门(邪門) unusual
• 大门(大門) main gate
• 阀门(閥門) a valve
• 婆罗门教(婆羅門教) Brahmanism
• 人事部门(人事部門) the human resources department
• 班门弄斧(班門弄斧) to display one's slight skill before an expert

Also contained in

天安门 、 玉门关 、 衙门 、 入门网站 、 厦门 、 澳门特别行政区 、 天安门广场 、 永定门 、 叶门峰 、 门人 、 佛门 、 辕门斩子 、 十二门论 、 山门 、 守门者 、 守门天 、 安心法门 、 法门

Word is mentioned most frequently in

Truncated for common words

• 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: 82
• 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: 74
• 卷七十四 志第五十 職官三 Volume 74 Treatises 50: Official Posts 3 History of Ming 明史 — count: 69
• 卷八十五 志第三十八 地理一 Volume 85 Treatises 38: Geography 1 History of Song 宋史 — count: 66
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 县门 (縣門) 縣門不發 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 莊公 Lord Zhang — count: 3
• 郭门 (郭門) 寅閉郭門 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 昭公 Lord Zhao — 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