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

• 门道(門道) an entrance; a gateway
• 街门(街門) door facing the street
• 门碰(門碰) doorstop
• 在家千日好，出门一时难(在家千日好，出門一時難) at home, one can spend a thousand days in comfort, but spending a day away from home can be challenging
• 上门(上門) to drop in; to visit ; to close the door
• 四门轿车(四門轎車) sedan (motor car)
• 蓬门荜户(蓬門蓽戶) overgrown gate, wicker windows; poor person's house; humble home
• 开门揖盗(開門揖盜) leaving the door open invites the thief; to invite disaster by giving evildoers a free hand
• 五福临门(五福臨門) (may the) five blessings descend upon this home
• 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
• 水门汀(水門汀) cement
• 将门之子(將門之子) the progeny of a commander-in-chief
• 闭门思过(閉門思過) shut oneself up and ponder over one's mistakes
• 杜门(杜門) to close the door (also fig.)
• 旁门(旁門) side door
• 门萨(門薩) Mensa
• 奇门遁甲(奇門遁甲) ancient Chinese divination tradition (still in use today)
• 佛门(佛門) Buddhism
• 金门岛(金門島) Kinmen; Quemoy islands
• 找门路(找門路) to seek an opening
• 挨门(挨門) from door to door, one by one
• 天门冬科(天門冬科) Asparagaceae, family of flowering plants which includes asparagus
• 衡门(衡門) a door hung from a crossbeam
• 临门(臨門) to arrive home; facing one's home; home-coming; (soccer) facing the goalmouth
• 门卫(門衛) guard at gate; sentry
• 前门拒虎，后门进狼(前門拒虎，後門進狼) to beat a tiger from the front door, only to have a wolf come in at the back
• 核门槛(核門檻) nuclear threshold
• 门派(門派) a sect; a school
• 窍门儿(竅門兒) a trick; an ingenious method; know-how; the knack (of doing something)
• 球门(球門) goalmouth (in soccer)
• 天门冬(天門冬) asparagus
• 板门店停战村(板門店停戰村) Panmunjom village on the DMZ between North and South Korea
• 盈门(盈門) fill the door; fill the house
• 分门别类(分門別類) to organize by categories; to classify
• 诣门(詣門) to visit
• 门路(門路) a channel
• 侯门(侯門) noble house
• 门厅(門廳) foyer; an entrance hall; a vestibule
• 门闩(門閂) a horizontal bar to lock a door/ door bolt
• 看门人(看門人) janitor; watchman
• 伤寒沙门氏菌(傷寒沙門氏菌) salmonella typhimurium

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洛城门 、 三地门 、 土门 、 覆盎门 、 天安门广场 、 萨克拉门托 、 广安门 、 向下门 、 直城门 、 江门

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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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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