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

• 遁入空门(遁入空門) to take refuge in religious life
• 门阶(門階) doorstep; threshold
• 天门冬科(天門冬科) Asparagaceae, family of flowering plants which includes asparagus
• 班门弄斧(班門弄斧) to display one's slight skill before an expert
• 蓝菌门(藍菌門) Cyanobacteria (phylum of blue-green algae)
• 门房(門房) gatehouse; lodge; gatekeeper; porter
• 门字旁(門字旁) name of Kangxi radical 169
• 正门(正門) main entrance; main gate; portal
• 吃闭门羹(吃閉門羹) to be refused entrance; to find the door closed
• 程门立雪(程門立雪) the snow piles up at Cheng Yi's door; deep reverence for one's master
• 婆罗门教(婆羅門教) Brahmanism
• 重门(重門) layer upon layer
• 杜门不出(杜門不出) to shut the door and remain inside; to cut off contact
• 引鬼上门(引鬼上門) to invite the devil to one's house; to introduce a potential source of trouble
• 门将(門將) official gatekeeper; goalkeeper (soccer, hockey etc)
• 摆龙门阵(擺龍門陣) chat; gossip; spin a yarn
• 门前(門前) in front of the door
• 大门铰链(大門鉸鏈) door hinge
• 门阙(門闕) tower structures at either side of an entrance
• 伤寒沙门氏菌(傷寒沙門氏菌) salmonella typhimurium
• 不做亏心事，不怕鬼敲门(不做虧心事，不怕鬼敲門) He who never wrongs others does not fear the knock in the night.; Rest with a clear conscience
• 山门(山門) a Buddhist temple
• 人事部门(人事部門) the human resources department
• 声门(聲門) glottis
• 开后门(開後門) to open the back door; under the counter; to do a secret or dishonest deal; to let in by the back door
• 旁门(旁門) side door
• 天安门开了(天安門開了) the barn door is open
• 门生(門生) disciple; student (of a famous master)
• 专门列车(專門列車) special train
• 海关部门(海關部門) customs section
• 找上门(找上門) to come to somebody's door; to call on somebody
• 门面(門面) shop front; storefront ; building exterior ; business; transaction ; building entrace area ; a scene area ; personal reputation ; on the surface
• 挨门挨户(挨門挨戶) from door to door
• 门类(門類) a discipline; a branch ; a phylum; a division
• 把门(把門) to stand as a goalkeeper; to keep guard on a gate
• 门市(門市) retail sales
• 朴门(樸門) permaculture
• 专门化(專門化) to specialize
• 宾朋盈门(賓朋盈門) guests filled the hall; a house full of distinguished visitors
• 宾客盈门(賓客盈門) guests filled the hall; a house full of distinguished visitors
• 进门(進門) to enter a door; to go in; to learn the basics of a subject; to join one's husband's household upon marriage
• 门径(門徑) an access point
• 麦门冬(麥門冬) dwarf lilyturf

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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
• 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
• 四门 (四門) 賓于四門 — Book of Documents 尚書, 虞書 舜典 Yu Shu - Canon of Shun — count: 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 — count: 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 — count: 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 — 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
• 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
• 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 — count: 3
• 鹿门 (鹿門) 臧紇斬鹿門之關 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 襄公 Lord Xiang — count: 3