Chinese Notes

门 (門) mén

mén noun door / gate / doorway / gateway
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Architecture 建筑学
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). When used in Buddhism 门 translates dvāra (FGDB '門'; MW 'dvāra').
mén noun phylum / division
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Biology 生物学
Notes: (Guoyu '門' n 8)
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)
mén noun Kangxi radical 169
Domain: Radicals 部首
Notes: Gate (ABC back cover; GHC p. 7)
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)
mén noun a door-like object
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Form 形态
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)
mén noun an opening
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: Especially, an opening in the body (GHDC '门' 3).
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)
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)
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)
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)
mén proper noun Men
Domain: Names 名字 , Concept: Surname 姓氏
Notes: (GHDC '门' 11)
mén noun a turning point
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (FE '門' 5; FE '門' 8)

Contained in

澳门、也门、澳门币、也门里亚尔、部门、赛门铁克、上门、天安门、门槛、门户、专门、铁狮门、金门大桥、守门员、玉门关、热门、学门、与门、门口、门面、出门、对门、衙门、门诊、走后门儿、入门网站、门当户对、门市部、入门、沙门、门第、厦门、澳门特别行政区、天安门广场、前门、西直门、永定门、叶门峰、门人、沙门氏菌、邪门、佛门、辕门斩子、十二门论、山门、大门、普门品、龙门石窟、守门者、阀门、安心法门

Texts that the word is most frequently mentioned in

Collection	Document Title	Occurrences
New Book of Tang 《新唐書》	卷六十三　　　　表第三　　　宰相下 Volume 63 Tables 3: Chancellors 3	186
New Book of Tang 《新唐書》	卷六十二　　　　表第二　　　宰相中 Volume 62 Tables 2: Chancellors 2	105
Shuo Wen Jie Zi 《說文解字》	《門部》 Mén Radical	95
History of Song 《宋史》	卷一百二十一志第七十四禮二十四 Volume 121 Treatises 74: Rites 24	88
New Book of Tang 《新唐書》	卷六十一　　　　表第一　　　宰相上 Volume 61 Tables 1: Chancellors 1	76
History of Ming 《明史》	卷六十八志第四十四輿服四 Volume 68 Treatises 44: Carriages and Clothing 4	74
History of Ming 《明史》	卷七十四志第五十職官三 Volume 74 Treatises 50: Official Posts 3	73
History of Song 《宋史》	卷八十五志第三十八地理一 Volume 85 Treatises 38: Geography 1	66
History of Song 《宋史》	卷二百十二表第三宰輔三 Volume 212 Tables 3: Chancellors 3	65
Old Book of Tang 《舊唐書》	卷七本紀第七: 中宗睿宗 Volume 7 Annals 7: Zhongzong, Ruizong	64

Collocations

Simplified	Traditional	Example	Example Reference	Frequency
门之外	門之外	席於軍門之外	The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 《春秋左氏傳》宣公 Lord Xuan	12
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	6
墓门	墓門	墓門	The Book of Songs 《詩經》國風‧陳‧墓門 Lessons from the states - Odes of Chen - Mu Men	6
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	5
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	5
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	4
衡门	衡門	衡門	The Book of Songs 《詩經》國風‧陳‧衡門 Lessons from the states - Odes of Chen - Heng Men	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	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	4
多门	多門	晉政多門	The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 《春秋左氏傳》成公 Lord Cheng	3