门 門 men2
surname Men

门 門 men2
gate; door; gateway; doorway; opening; valve; switch; way to do something; knack; family; house; (religious) sect; school (of thought); class; category; phylum or division (taxonomy); classifier for large guns; classifier for lessons, subjects, branches o

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阿黑门尼德王朝 阿黑門尼德王朝 a1 hei1 men2 ni2 de2 wang2 chao2
Achaemenid Empire of Persian (559-330 BC)

阿门 阿門 a1 men2
amen (loanword)

挨门 挨門 ai1 men2
from door to door, one by one

挨门挨户 挨門挨戶 ai1 men2 ai1 hu4
see 挨家挨戶|挨家挨户

安定门 安定門 an1 ding4 men2
Andingmen neighborhood of Beijing

澳门 澳門 ao4 men2
Macao; Aomen; Macau

澳门国际机场 澳門國際機場 ao4 men2 guo2 ji4 ji1 chang3
Macau International Airport

澳门立法会 澳門立法會 ao4 men2 li4 fa3 hui4
Legislative Council of Macao

澳门市 澳門市 ao4 men2 shi4
Municipality of Macau; Concelho de Macau

巴力门 巴力門 ba1 li4 men2
parliament (loanword) (old)

把门 把門 ba3 men2
to stand as a goalkeeper; to keep guard on a gate

摆龙门阵 擺龍門陣 bai3 long2 men2 zhen4
chat; gossip; spin a yarn

摆门面 擺門面 bai3 men2 mian4
to keep up appearances; to put up a front

班门弄斧 班門弄斧 ban1 men2 nong4 fu3
to display one's slight skill before an expert (idiom)

板门店 板門店 ban3 men2 dian4
Panmunjeom, the Joint Security Area in the Korean demilitarized zone

板门店停战村 板門店停戰村 ban3 men2 dian4 ting2 zhan4 cun1
Panmunjom village on the DMZ between North and South Korea

半开门 半開門 ban4 kai1 men2
half-open door; fig. prostitute

半开门儿 半開門兒 ban4 kai1 men2 er5
erhua variant of 半開門|半开门

傍人门户 傍人門戶 bang4 ren2 men2 hu4
to be dependent upon sb

爆冷门 爆冷門 bao4 leng3 men2
an upset (esp. in sports); unexpected turn of events; to pull off a coup; a breakthrough

爆冷门儿 爆冷門兒 bao4 leng3 men2 er5
erhua variant of 爆冷門|爆冷门

北门 北門 bei3 men2
Peimen township in Tainan county 台南縣|台南县, Taiwan

北门乡 北門鄉 bei3 men2 xiang1
Peimen township in Tainan county 台南縣|台南县, Taiwan

被子植物门 被子植物門 bei4 zi3 zhi2 wu4 men2
angiospermae (phylum of flowering plants with seed contained in a fruit)

贲门 賁門 ben1 men2
cardia (anatomy)

闭门 閉門 bi4 men2
to close a door

闭门羹 閉門羹 bi4 men2 geng1
see 吃閉門羹|吃闭门羹

荜门圭窦 蓽門圭竇 bi4 men2 gui1 dou4
wicker door, hole window (idiom); fig. wretched hovel; living in poverty

筚门闺窦 篳門閨竇 bi4 men2 gui1 dou4
wicker door, hole window (idiom); fig. wretched hovel; living in poverty

闭门觅句 閉門覓句 bi4 men2 mi4 ju4
lit. lock the door and search for the right word (idiom); fig. the serious hard work of writing

闭门塞窦 閉門塞竇 bi4 men2 se4 dou4
to close doors and block openings (idiom); mounting a strict defense

闭门思过 閉門思過 bi4 men2 si1 guo4
shut oneself up and ponder over one's mistakes

闭门造车 閉門造車 bi4 men2 zao4 che1
lit. to build a cart behind closed doors; to be overly subjective and disregard the outside world (idiom)

边门 邊門 bian1 men2
side door; wicket door

便门 便門 bian4 men2
side door; wicket door

宾客盈门 賓客盈門 bin1 ke4 ying2 men2
guests filled the hall (idiom); a house full of distinguished visitors

宾朋盈门 賓朋盈門 bin1 peng2 ying2 men2
guests filled the hall (idiom); a house full of distinguished visitors

不得其门而入 不得其門而入 bu4 de2 qi2 men2 er2 ru4
to be unable to get in; to fail to find a proper approach to handling sth

不二法门 不二法門 bu4 er4 fa3 men2
the one and only way; the only proper course to take

部门 部門 bu4 men2
department; branch; section; division

不是一家人不进一家门 不是一家人不進一家門 bu4 shi4 yi1 jia1 ren2 bu4 jin4 yi1 jia1 men2
people who don't belong together, don't get to live together (idiom); marriages are predestined; people marry because they share common traits

不做亏心事，不怕鬼敲门 不做虧心事，不怕鬼敲門 bu4 zuo4 kui1 xin1 shi4 - bu4 pa4 gui3 qiao1 men2
He who never wrongs others does not fear the knock in the night.; Rest with a clear conscience.

侧门 側門 ce4 men2
side door

柴门 柴門 chai2 men2
lit. woodcutter's family; humble background; poor family background

柴门小户 柴門小戶 chai2 men2 xiao3 hu4
woodcutter's cottage (idiom); poor person's hovel; fig. my humble house

禅门五宗 禪門五宗 chan2 men2 wu3 zong1
the five schools of Chan Buddhism (idiom)

朝门 朝門 chao2 men2
entrance portal (to a palace); propylaeum

朝阳门 朝陽門 chao2 yang2 men2
Chaoyangmen neighborhood of Beijing

车门 車門 che1 men2
car door; door of bus, railway carriage etc

撑门面 撐門面 cheng1 men2 mian4
to keep up appearances; to put up a front

城门 城門 cheng2 men2
city gate

程门立雪 程門立雪 cheng2 men2 li4 xue3
lit. the snow piles up at Cheng Yi's door (idiom); fig. deep reverence for one's master

城门失火，殃及池鱼 城門失火，殃及池魚 cheng2 men2 shi1 huo3 - yang1 ji2 chi2 yu2
a fire in the city gates is also a calamity for the fish in the moat (idiom); the bystander will also suffer; fig. you can't escape responsibility for your actions; ask not for whom the bell tolls - it tolls for thee

吃闭门羹 吃閉門羹 chi1 bi4 men2 geng1
to be refused entrance (idiom); to find the door closed

崇文门 崇文門 chong2 wen2 men2
Chongwenmen in Beijing

出门 出門 chu1 men2
to go out; to leave home; to go on a journey; away from home; (of a woman) to get married

出入门 出入門 chu1 ru4 men2
entrance and exit door

船到桥门自会直 船到橋門自會直 chuan2 dao4 qiao2 men2 zi4 hui4 zhi2
lit. when the ship arrives at the bridge we can deal with the problem; no point in worrying about sth until it actually happens (idiom)

串门 串門 chuan4 men2
to call on sb; to drop in; to visit sb's home

串门儿 串門兒 chuan4 men2 er5
erhua variant of 串門|串门

串门子 串門子 chuan4 men2 zi5
see 串門|串门

闯空门 闖空門 chuang3 kong1 men2
to break into a house when nobody is home

囱门 囪門 cong1 men2
window; chimney

打门 打門 da3 men2
to knock on the door; to take a shot on goal (sports)

大门 大門 da4 men2
entrance; door; gate; large and influential family

带上门 帶上門 dai4 shang4 men2
to close the door

倒插门 倒插門 dao4 cha1 men2
to marry and live with the bride's family (inverting traditional Chinese expectations)

德拉门 德拉門 de2 la1 men2
Drammen (city in Buskerud, Norway)

德胜门 德勝門 de2 sheng4 men2
Deshengmen (Beijing)

得意门生 得意門生 de2 yi4 men2 sheng1
favorite pupil

登机门 登機門 deng1 ji1 men2
boarding gate

登门 登門 deng1 men2
to visit sb at home

电话门 電話門 dian4 hua4 men2
"Phone Gate", corruption scandal unearthed through telephone records

电门 電門 dian4 men2
electric switch

吊门 吊門 diao4 men2
an overhung door; a door that hinges upwards

调门 調門 diao4 men2
melody; pitch or key (music); tone; style; point of view

调门儿 調門兒 diao4 men2 er5
erhua variant of 調門|调门

顶门壮户 頂門壯戶 ding3 men2 zhuang4 hu4
to support the family business (idiom)

东直门 東直門 dong1 zhi2 men2
Dongzhimen neighborhood of Beijing

懂门儿 懂門兒 dong3 men2 er5
one who knows his business; professional; expert; au fait

斗门 斗門 dou3 men2
Doumen district of Zhuhai city 珠海市, Guangdong

斗门区 斗門區 dou3 men2 qu1
Doumen district of Zhuhai city 珠海市, Guangdong

独立门户 獨立門戶 du2 li4 men2 hu4
to live apart from parents (of married couple); to achieve independence

杜门 杜門 du4 men2
to close the door (also fig.)

杜门不出 杜門不出 du4 men2 bu4 chu1
to shut the door and remain inside; fig. to cut off contact

对门 對門 dui4 men2
the building or room opposite

遁入空门 遁入空門 dun4 ru4 kong1 men2
to take refuge in religious life

多孔动物门 多孔動物門 duo1 kong3 dong4 wu4 men2
(zoology) phylum Porifera (sponges)

夺门而出 奪門而出 duo2 men2 er2 chu1
to rush out through a door (idiom)

阀门 閥門 fa2 men2
valve (mechanical)

法门 法門 fa3 men2
gate to enlightment (Buddhism); Buddhism; way; method; (old) south gate of a palace

防盗门 防盜門 fang2 dao4 men2
entrance door (for apartment)

房门 房門 fang2 men2
door of a room

防门 防門 fang2 men2
defensive gate

飞机舱门 飛機艙門 fei1 ji1 cang1 men2
airplane cabin door

腓利门书 腓利門書 fei2 li4 men2 shu1
Epistle of St Paul to Philemon

分门别类 分門別類 fen1 men2 bie2 lei4
to organize by categories; to classify

佛门 佛門 fo2 men2
Buddhism

阜成门 阜成門 fu4 cheng2 men2
Fuchengmen neighborhood of Beijing

复兴门 復興門 fu4 xing1 men2
Fuxingmen neighborhood of Beijing

改换门闾 改換門閭 gai3 huan4 men2 lv2
see 改換門庭|改换门庭

改换门庭 改換門庭 gai3 huan4 men2 ting2
to improve one's family's social status by moving up in the world; to switch one's allegiance to a new patron

盖门 蓋門 gai4 men2
closing cover; door (e.g. of photocopier)

肛门 肛門 gang1 men2
anus

肛门直肠 肛門直腸 gang1 men2 zhi2 chang2
rectum (anatomy)

革出教门 革出教門 ge2 chu1 jiao4 men2
to excommunicate (from a church)

革出山门 革出山門 ge2 chu1 shan1 men2
to excommunicate (from a Buddhist monastery)

各人自扫门前雪，莫管他家瓦上霜 各人自掃門前雪，莫管他家瓦上霜 ge4 ren2 zi4 sao3 men2 qian2 xue3 - mo4 guan3 ta1 jia1 wa3 shang4 shuang1
sweep the snow from your own door step, don't worry about the frost on your neighbor's roof (idiom)

拱门 拱門 gong3 men2
arched door

关门 關門 guan1 men2
to close a door; to lock a door; (of a shop etc) to close (for the night, or permanently)

关门大吉 關門大吉 guan1 men2 da4 ji2
to close down a business for good and put the best face on it (idiom)

关门弟子 關門弟子 guan1 men2 di4 zi3
last disciple of a master

关门捉贼 關門捉賊 guan1 men2 zhuo1 zei2
to catch a thief by closing his escape route (idiom)

光耀门楣 光耀門楣 guang1 yao4 men2 mei2
splendor shines on the family's door (idiom); fig. to bring honor to one's family

广安门 廣安門 guang3 an1 men2
Guanganmen in Xuanwu 宣武區|宣武区 district of southwest Beijing

闺门旦 閨門旦 gui1 men2 dan4
young unmarried lady role in Chinese opera

硅藻门 硅藻門 gui1 zao3 men2
Bacillariophyta, phylum of diatom single-celled phytoplankton

鬼门关 鬼門關 gui3 men2 guan1
the gates of hell

过门 過門 guo4 men2
to pass through a doorway; (of a woman) to marry; orchestral music interlude in an opera

海关部门 海關部門 hai3 guan1 bu4 men2
customs section

海门 海門 hai3 men2
Haimen county level city in Nantong 南通, Jiangsu

海门市 海門市 hai3 men2 shi4
Haimen county level city in Nantong 南通, Jiangsu

寒门 寒門 han2 men2
poor and humble family; my family (humble)

豪门 豪門 hao2 men2
rich and powerful (families); aristocratic; big shots

好事不出门，恶事传千里 好事不出門，惡事傳千里 hao3 shi4 bu4 chu1 men2 - e4 shi4 chuan2 qian1 li3
lit. good deeds do not go beyond the door, evil deeds spread a thousand miles; a good deed goes unnoticed, but scandal spreads fast (idiom)

核门槛 核門檻 he2 men2 jian4
nuclear threshold

洪门 洪門 hong2 men2
see 天地會|天地会

鸿门宴 鴻門宴 hong2 men2 yan4
Feast at Hongmen; (fig.) banquet set up with the aim of murdering a guest; refers to a famous episode in 206 BC when future Han emperor Liu Bang 劉邦|刘邦 escaped attempted murder by his rival Xiang Yu 項羽|项羽

侯门 侯門 hou2 men2
noble house

侯门似海 侯門似海 hou2 men2 si4 hai3
lit. the gate of a noble house is like the sea; there is a wide gap between the nobility and the common people (idiom)

后门 後門 hou4 men2
the back door; fig. under the counter (indirect way for influence or pressure); anus

虎门 虎門 hu3 men2
the Bocca Tigris, a narrow strait in the Pearl River Delta, Guangdong; Humen Town 虎門鎮|虎门镇

虎门镇 虎門鎮 hu3 men2 zhen4
Humen Town, also known as Taiping 太平, a town within Dongguan prefecture-level city 東莞市|东莞市, Guangdong

滑门 滑門 hua2 men2
sliding door

环节动物门 環節動物門 huan2 jie2 dong4 wu4 men2
Annelidan, the phylum of annelid worms

宦门 宦門 huan4 men2
family of officials; family with connections to the bureaucracy (i.e. the middle classes in imperial China)

回门 回門 hui2 men2
first return of bride to her parental home

会门 會門 hui4 men2
main entrance; secret society

活门 活門 huo2 men2
valve

脊索动物门 脊索動物門 ji3 suo3 dong4 wu4 men2
Chordata, phylum containing vertebrates

脊椎动物门 脊椎動物門 ji3 zhui1 dong4 wu4 men2
Vertebrata, the phylum of vertebrates

加大油门 加大油門 jia1 da4 you2 men2
to accelerate; to step on the gas

家门 家門 jia1 men2
house door; family clan

监门 監門 jian1 men2
gatekeeper

江门 江門 jiang1 men2
Jiangmen prefecture level city in Guangdong

江门市 江門市 jiang1 men2 shi4
Jiangmen prefecture level city in Guangdong

角门 角門 jiao3 men2
corner gate

脚门 腳門 jiao3 men2
variant of 角門|角门

节气门 節氣門 jie2 qi4 men2
throttle

金门 金門 jin1 men2
Kinmen or Quemoy islands off the Fujian coast, administered by Taiwan; Jinmen county in Quanzhou 泉州, Fujian, PRC

金门岛 金門島 jin1 men2 dao3
Kinmen or Quemoy islands off the Fujian coast, administered by Taiwan

金门县 金門縣 jin1 men2 xian4
Kinmen County, Taiwan (the Kinmen or Quemoy islands off the Fujian coast); Jinmen county in Quanzhou 泉州, Fujian

进门 進門 jin4 men2
to enter a door; to go in; to learn the basics of a subject; to join one's husband's household upon marriage

荆门 荊門 jing1 men2
Jingmen prefecture level city in Hubei

荆门市 荊門市 jing1 men2 shi4
Jingmen prefecture level city in Hubei

拒之门外 拒之門外 ju4 zhi1 men2 wai4
to lock one's door and refuse to see sb

卷帘门 捲帘門 juan3 lian2 men2
roll-up door

卷帘门 卷簾門 juan3 lian2 men2
roll-up door

绝门儿 絕門兒 jue2 men2 er5
extinct profession; lost trade; unique skill; astonishing; fantastic

军事部门 軍事部門 jun1 shi4 bu4 men2
military branch

卡门 卡門 ka3 men2
Carmen (name); Carmen, 1875 opera by Georges Bizet 比才 based on novel by Prosper Mérimée 梅里美

卡门贝 卡門貝 ka3 men2 bei4
camembert cheese

卡门柏乳酪 卡門柏乳酪 ka3 men2 bo2 ru3 lao4
Camembert (soft, creamy French cheese)

开大油门 開大油門 kai1 da4 you2 men2
to open the throttle; to accelerate; to let her rip

开后门 開後門 kai1 hou4 men2
to open the back door; fig. under the counter; to do a secret or dishonest deal; to let sth in by the back door

开门 開門 kai1 men2
to open a door (lit. and fig.); to open for business

开门红 開門紅 kai1 men2 hong2
a good beginning

开门见山 開門見山 kai1 men2 jian4 shan1
lit. to open the door and see the mountain; fig. to get right to the point (idiom)

开门炮 開門砲 kai1 men2 pao4
firecrackers to open the door on the New Year

开门揖盗 開門揖盜 kai1 men2 yi1 dao4
leaving the door open invites the thief (idiom); to invite disaster by giving evildoers a free hand

凯旋门 凱旋門 kai3 xuan2 men2
triumphal arch

看门人 看門人 kan1 men2 ren2
janitor; watchman

尻门子 尻門子 kao1 men2 zi5
anus (rural coll.)

孔门 孔門 kong3 men2
Confucius' school (i.e. his direct disciples)

抠门儿 摳門兒 kou1 men2 er5
(dialect) stingy

叩门 叩門 kou4 men2
to knock on a door

快门 快門 kuai4 men2
shutter

蓝菌门 藍菌門 lan2 jun1 men2
Cyanobacteria (phylum of blue-green algae)

蓝藻门 藍藻門 lan2 zao3 men2
Cyanobacteria (phylum of blue-green algae)

冷门 冷門 leng3 men2
a neglected branch (of arts, science, sports etc); fig. a complete unknown who wins a competition

鲤鱼跳龙门 鯉魚跳龍門 li3 yu2 tiao4 long2 men2
to make a significant advance in one's career (idiom); to get one's big break

临门 臨門 lin2 men2
to arrive home; facing one's home; home-coming; (soccer) facing the goalmouth

临门一脚 臨門一腳 lin2 men2 yi1 jiao3
to try to score (a goal); final push (at a critical juncture); the final leg of sth

临时澳门市政执行委员会 臨時澳門市政執行委員會 lin2 shi2 ao4 men2 shi4 zheng4 zhi2 xing2 wei3 yuan2 hui4
Provisional Municipal Council of Macau; Câmara Municipal de Macau Provisória

留门 留門 liu2 men2
to leave the door unlocked for sb

六扇门 六扇門 liu4 shan4 men2
seat of the government; yamen; (in wuxia stories) special police force

龙门 龍門 long2 men2
Longmen county in Huizhou 惠州, Guangdong; mythical Dragon gate where a carp can transform into a dragon

龙门刨 龍門刨 long2 men2 bao4
double column surface grinding machine

龙门断层 龍門斷層 long2 men2 duan4 ceng2
Longmenshan fault line, a tectonically active thrust fault line at the northwest boundary of the Sichuan basin

龙门山 龍門山 long2 men2 shan1
Mt Longmen, the northwest boundary of the Sichuan basin, an active geological fault line; Mt Longmen in Shandong; Mt Longmen in Henan

龙门山断层 龍門山斷層 long2 men2 shan1 duan4 ceng2
Longmenshan fault line, a tectonically active thrust fault line at the northwest boundary of the Sichuan basin

龙门石窟 龍門石窟 long2 men2 shi2 ku1
Longmen Grottoes at Luoyang 洛陽|洛阳, Henan

龙门县 龍門縣 long2 men2 xian4
Longmen county in Huizhou 惠州, Guangdong

罗生门 羅生門 luo2 sheng1 men2
Rashomon, Japanese novel and movie; (fig.) situation where conflicting interpretations of the same event obscure the truth; unsolvable case

裸子植物门 裸子植物門 luo3 zi3 zhi2 wu4 men2
gymnosperm (plants with seed contained in a cone)

脉门 脈門 mai4 men2
pulse (in Chinese medicine)

麦门冬 麥門冬 mai4 men2 dong1
dwarf lilyturf (Ophiopogon japonicus), its tuber used in TCM

满门 滿門 man3 men2
the whole family

满门抄斩 滿門抄斬 man3 men2 chao1 zhan3
to execute the whole family unto the third generation

盲人门球 盲人門球 mang2 ren2 men2 qiu2
goalball (Paralympic sport)

没门儿 沒門兒 mei2 men2 er5
no way; impossible

门巴族 門巴族 men2 ba1 zu2
Menba ethnic group

门边框 門邊框 men2 bian1 kuang4
door frame; door pillars

门齿 門齒 men2 chi3
incisor

门当户对 門當戶對 men2 dang1 hu4 dui4
the families are well-matched in terms of social status (idiom); (of a prospective marriage partner) an appropriate match

门挡 門擋 men2 dang3
doorstop

门道 門道 men2 dao4
doorway; gateway

门到门 門到門 men2 dao4 men2
door to door

门道 門道 men2 dao5
the way to do sth; knack

门地 門地 men2 di4
see 門第|门第

门第 門第 men2 di4
family status

门店 門店 men2 dian4
(retail) store

门垫 門墊 men2 dian4
doormat

门冬 門冬 men2 dong1
abbr. for 天門冬|天门冬, asparagus

门洞 門洞 men2 dong4
passageway; archway

门对 門對 men2 dui4
couplet (hung on each side of the door frame)

门墩 門墩 men2 dun1
wooden or stone block supporting the axle of a door

门额 門額 men2 e2
area above the lintel of a doorway

门阀 門閥 men2 fa2
rich and powerful family

门房 門房 men2 fang2
gatehouse; lodge; gatekeeper; porter

门风 門風 men2 feng1
family tradition; family principles

门岗 門崗 men2 gang3
gate

门户 門戶 men2 hu4
door; strategic gateway; portal; faction; sect; family status; family; web portal; (old) brothel

门户开放 門戶開放 men2 hu4 kai1 fang4
open door policy; Egyptian President Sadat's infitah policy towards investment and relations with Israel

门户网站 門戶網站 men2 hu4 wang3 zhan4
web portal

门户之见 門戶之見 men2 hu4 zhi1 jian4
sectarian bias; parochialism

门环 門環 men2 huan2
door knocker (in the shape of a ring)

门将 門將 men2 jiang4
official gatekeeper; goalkeeper (soccer, hockey etc)

门阶 門階 men2 jie1
doorstep; threshold

门捷列夫 門捷列夫 men2 jie2 lie4 fu1
Dmitri Ivanovich Mendeleev (1834-1907), Russian chemist who introduced the periodic table

门禁 門禁 men2 jin4
guarded entrance

门径 門徑 men2 jing4
access

门坎 門坎 men2 kan3
variant of 門檻|门槛

门槛 門檻 men2 kan3
doorstep; sill; threshold; fig. knack or trick (esp. scheme to get sth cheaper)

门坎儿 門坎兒 men2 kan3 er5
erhua variant of 門坎|门坎

门可罗雀 門可羅雀 men2 ke3 luo2 que4
you can net sparrows at the door (idiom); completely deserted

门客 門客 men2 ke4
hanger-on; visitor (in a nobleman's house)

门口 門口 men2 kou3
doorway; gate

门扣 門釦 men2 kou4
door latch

门框 門框 men2 kuang4
door frame

门廊 門廊 men2 lang2
stoop; parvis; portico; patio; veranda

门类 門類 men2 lei4
phylum or division (taxonomy)

门联 門聯 men2 lian2
couplet (hung on each side of the door frame)

门脸 門臉 men2 lian3
shop front; facade

门铃 門鈴 men2 ling2
doorbell

门路 門路 men2 lu4
way of doing sth; the right social connection

门罗 門羅 men2 luo2
Monroe

门楣 門楣 men2 mei2
lintel (of a door); fig. family's social status

门面 門面 men2 mian5
shop front; facade; prestige

门牌 門牌 men2 pai2
door plate; house number

门派 門派 men2 pai4
sect; school (group of followers of a particular doctrine)

门碰 門碰 men2 peng4
doorstop

门票 門票 men2 piao4
ticket (for theater, cinema etc)

门前 門前 men2 qian2
in front of the door

门球 門球 men2 qiu2
croquet; goal ball (served by the goal keeper)

门萨 門薩 men2 sa4
Mensa (loanword)

门扇 門扇 men2 shan4
door; the opening panel of a door

门神 門神 men2 shen2
door god

门生 門生 men2 sheng1
disciple; student (of a famous master)

门市 門市 men2 shi4
retail sales

门市部 門市部 men2 shi4 bu4
retail department; section of a retail store

门首 門首 men2 shou3
doorway; gate; entrance

门闩 門閂 men2 shuan1
horizontal bar to hold a door closed (made of wood or metal); door bolt

门栓 門栓 men2 shuan1
variant of 門閂|门闩

门锁 門鎖 men2 suo3
door lock

门厅 門廳 men2 ting1
entrance hall; vestibule

门庭冷落，门堪罗雀 門庭冷落，門堪羅雀 men2 ting2 leng3 luo4 - men2 kan1 luo2 que4
The courtyard is deserted, you can net sparrows at the door (idiom); completely deserted

门庭如市 門庭如市 men2 ting2 ru2 shi4
see 門庭若市|门庭若市

门庭若市 門庭若市 men2 ting2 ruo4 shi4
front yard as busy as a marketplace (idiom); a place with many visitors

门童 門童 men2 tong2
doorman; bell boy

门头沟 門頭溝 men2 tou2 gou1
Mentougou district of Beijing municipality

门头沟区 門頭溝區 men2 tou2 gou1 qu1
Mentougou district of Beijing

门徒 門徒 men2 tu2
disciple

门外 門外 men2 wai4
outside the door

门外汉 門外漢 men2 wai4 han4
layman

门望 門望 men2 wang4
family prestige

门卫 門衛 men2 wei4
guard at gate; sentry

门吸 門吸 men2 xi1
doorstop

门限 門限 men2 xian4
doorsill

门兴格拉德巴赫 門興格拉德巴赫 men2 xing1 ge2 la1 de2 ba1 he4
Mönchengladbach (city in Germany)

门牙 門牙 men2 ya2
incisor

门源 門源 men2 yuan2
Menyuan Hui autonomous county in Haibei Tibetan autonomous prefecture 海北藏族自治州, Qinghai

门源回族自治县 門源回族自治縣 men2 yuan2 hui2 zu2 zi4 zhi4 xian4
Menyuan Hui autonomous county in Haibei Tibetan autonomous prefecture 海北藏族自治州, Qinghai

门源县 門源縣 men2 yuan2 xian4
Menyuan Hui autonomous county in Haibei Tibetan autonomous prefecture 海北藏族自治州, Qinghai

门诊 門診 men2 zhen3
outpatient service

门诊室 門診室 men2 zhen3 shi4
clinic; outpatient department (or consulting room)

门柱 門柱 men2 zhu4
doorpost

门子 門子 men2 zi5
door; doorman (old); hanger-on of an aristocrat; social influence; pull; classifier for relatives, marriages etc

密闭门 密閉門 mi4 bi4 men2
airtight door

灭门 滅門 mie4 men2
to exterminate an entire family

名门 名門 ming2 men2
famous family; prestigious house

名门望族 名門望族 ming2 men2 wang4 zu2
offspring a famous family (idiom); good breeding; blue blood

摩尔门 摩爾門 mo2 er3 men2
Mormon (religion)

摩尔门经 摩爾門經 mo2 er3 men2 jing1
Book of Mormon

摩门 摩門 mo2 men2
Mormon (religion)

摩门经 摩門經 mo2 men2 jing1
Book of Mormon

哪门子 哪門子 na3 men2 zi5
(coll.) (emphasizing a rhetorical question) what; what kind; why on earth

南门二 南門二 nan2 men2 er4
Alpha Centauri or Rigel Kentaurus

南天门 南天門 nan2 tian1 men2
The Southern Heavenly Gates; a name for a mountain pass gate in several places

脑门 腦門 nao3 men2
forehead

脑门子 腦門子 nao3 men2 zi5
forehead (dialect)

内行看门道，外行看热闹 內行看門道，外行看熱鬧 nei4 hang2 kan4 men2 dao5 - wai4 hang2 kan4 re4 nao5
while the connoisseur recognizes the artistry, the layman simply enjoys the show

内门 內門 nei4 men2
Neimen township in Kaohsiung county 高雄縣|高雄县, southwest Taiwan

内门乡 內門鄉 nei4 men2 xiang1
Neimen township in Kaohsiung county 高雄縣|高雄县, southwest Taiwan

旁门 旁門 pang2 men2
side door

旁门左道 旁門左道 pang2 men2 zuo3 dao4
dissenting religious sect (idiom); heretical school of opinion; dissident group

蓬门筚户 蓬門篳戶 peng2 men2 bi4 hu4
overgrown gate, wicker windows (idiom); poor person's house; humble home

蓬门荜户 蓬門蓽戶 peng2 men2 bi4 hu4
overgrown gate, wicker windows (idiom); poor person's house; humble home

偏门 偏門 pian1 men2
side door; doing things by the side door (i.e. dishonestly)

扁形动物门 扁形動物門 pian1 xing2 dong4 wu4 men2
flatworm; phylum of Platyhelminthes

屏门 屏門 ping2 men2
screen door

平生不做亏心事，半夜敲门心不惊 平生不做虧心事，半夜敲門心不驚 ping2 sheng1 bu4 zuo4 kui1 xin1 shi4 - ban4 ye4 qiao1 men2 xin1 bu4 jing1
He who never wrongs others does not fear the knock in the night.; Rest with a clear conscience.

婆罗门 婆羅門 po2 luo2 men2
Brahmin

婆罗门教 婆羅門教 po2 luo2 men2 jiao4
Brahmanism; Hinduism

破门 破門 po4 men2
to burst or force open a door; to excommunicate sb (from the Roman Catholic Church); to score a goal (in football, hockey etc)

破门而入 破門而入 po4 men2 er2 ru4
to break the door down and enter (idiom)

祁门 祁門 qi2 men2
Qimen county in Huangshan 黃山|黄山, Anhui

奇门遁甲 奇門遁甲 qi2 men2 dun4 jia3
ancient Chinese divination tradition (still in use today)

祁门县 祁門縣 qi2 men2 xian4
Qimen county in Huangshan 黃山|黄山, Anhui

气门 氣門 qi4 men2
valve (esp. tire valve); accelerator (obsolete term for 油門|油门); stigma (zool.); spiracle

前门 前門 qian2 men2
Qianmen subway station on Beijing Subway Line 2

前门 前門 qian2 men2
front door; main entrance; honest and upright approach (as opposed to 後門|后门, back-door or under the counter)

前门打虎，后门打狼 前門打虎，後門打狼 qian2 men2 da3 hu3 - hou4 men2 da3 lang2
to beat a tiger from the front door, only to have a wolf come in at the back (idiom); fig. facing one problem after another

前门拒虎，后门进狼 前門拒虎，後門進狼 qian2 men2 ju4 hu3 - hou4 men2 jin4 lang2
to beat a tiger from the front door, only to have a wolf come in at the back (idiom); fig. facing one problem after another

敲门 敲門 qiao1 men2
to knock on a door

敲门砖 敲門磚 qiao1 men2 zhuan1
lit. a brick as a door knocker (idiom); fig. a temporary expedient; to use sb as a stepping stone to fortune

撬门 撬門 qiao4 men2
to break in; to force a door

窍门 竅門 qiao4 men2
a trick; an ingenious method; know-how; the knack (of doing sth)

窍门儿 竅門兒 qiao4 men2 er5
a trick; an ingenious method; know-how; the knack (of doing sth)

清河门 清河門 qing1 he2 men2
Qinghemen district of Fuxin city 阜新市, Liaoning

清河门区 清河門區 qing1 he2 men2 qu1
Qinghemen district of Fuxin city 阜新市, Liaoning

球门 球門 qiu2 men2
goalmouth (in soccer)

热门 熱門 re4 men2
popular; hot; in vogue

热门货 熱門貨 re4 men2 huo4
goods in great demand

人事部门 人事部門 ren2 shi4 bu4 men2
personnel office

入门 入門 ru4 men2
entrance door; to enter a door; introduction (to a subject)

入门课程 入門課程 ru4 men2 ke4 cheng2
introductory course; primer

撒门 撒門 sa3 men2
Salmon (son of Nashon)

萨克拉门托 薩克拉門托 sa4 ke4 la1 men2 tuo1
Sacramento

三地门 三地門 san1 di4 men2
Santimen township in Pingtung County 屏東縣|屏东县, Taiwan

三地门乡 三地門鄉 san1 di4 men2 xiang1
Santimen township in Pingtung County 屏東縣|屏东县, Taiwan

三门 三門 san1 men2
Sanmen county in Taizhou 台州, Zhejiang

三门峡 三門峽 san1 men2 xia2
Sanmenxia prefecture level city in Henan

三门峡市 三門峽市 san1 men2 xia2 shi4
Sanmenxia prefecture level city in Henan

三门县 三門縣 san1 men2 xian4
Sanmen county in Taizhou 台州, Zhejiang

三柱门 三柱門 san1 zhu4 men2
(sports) (cricket) wicket (set of stumps and bails)

丧门神 喪門神 sang1 men2 shen2
messenger of death (cf Irish banshee); person bringing bad luck

丧门星 喪門星 sang1 men2 xing1
messenger of death (cf Irish banshee); person bringing bad luck

嗓门 嗓門 sang3 men2
voice; windpipe

嗓门眼 嗓門眼 sang3 men2 yan3
throat

沙门 沙門 sha1 men2
monk (Sanskrit: Sramana, originally refers to north India); Buddhist monk

沙门菌 沙門菌 sha1 men2 jun1
salmonella

沙门氏菌 沙門氏菌 sha1 men2 shi4 jun1
Salmonella

山门 山門 shan1 men2
monastery main gate (Buddhism); monastery

伤寒沙门氏菌 傷寒沙門氏菌 shang1 han2 sha1 men2 shi4 jun1
salmonella typhimurium

上颚正门齿 上顎正門齒 shang4 e4 zheng4 men2 chi3
maxillary central incisor

上门 上門 shang4 men2
to drop in; to visit; to lock a door; (of a shop) to close; to go and live with one's wife's family, in effect becoming a member of her family

上门费 上門費 shang4 men2 fei4
house call fee; callout fee

上天无路，入地无门 上天無路，入地無門 shang4 tian1 wu2 lu4 - ru4 di4 wu2 men2
lit. there is no road to the sky, nor door into the earth (idiom); fig. to be at the end of one's rope; to be trapped in a hopeless situation

射门 射門 she4 men2
(soccer, handball etc) to kick or shoot the ball towards the goal

声门 聲門 sheng1 men2
glottis

师父领进门，修行在个人 師父領進門，修行在個人 shi1 fu5 ling3 jin4 men2 - xiu1 xing2 zai4 ge4 ren2
the master leads you to the door, the rest is up to you; you can lead a horse to water but you can't make him drink

石库门 石庫門 shi2 ku4 men2
"shikumen" style architecture: traditional (ca. 19th century) residences with courtyards, once common in Shanghai

石门 石門 shi2 men2
Shimen or Shihmen township in New Taipei City 新北市, Taiwan

石门县 石門縣 shi2 men2 xian4
Shimen county in Changde 常德, Hunan

石门乡 石門鄉 shi2 men2 xiang1
Shimen or Shihmen township in New Taipei City 新北市, Taiwan

十字转门 十字轉門 shi2 zi4 zhuan4 men2
turnstile

守门 守門 shou3 men2
to keep goal; on duty as gate-keeper

守门人 守門人 shou3 men2 ren2
gatekeeper

守门员 守門員 shou3 men2 yuan2
goal-keeper

书香门第 書香門第 shu1 xiang1 men2 di4
family with a literary reputation (idiom); literary family

熟门熟路 熟門熟路 shu2 men2 shu2 lu4
familiar

双喜临门 雙喜臨門 shuang1 xi3 lin2 men2
two simultaneous happy events in the family

水门事件 水門事件 shui3 men2 shi4 jian4
Watergate scandal

水门汀 水門汀 shui3 men2 ting1
cement (Shanghainese) (loanword)

四门轿车 四門轎車 si4 men2 jiao4 che1
sedan (motor car)

苏门答腊 蘇門答臘 su1 men2 da2 la4
Sumatra, one of the Indonesian islands

苏门达腊 蘇門達臘 su1 men2 da2 la4
variant of 蘇門答臘|苏门答腊

苏门答腊岛 蘇門答臘島 su1 men2 da2 la4 dao3
Sumatra (one of the Indonesian islands)

索罗门 索羅門 suo3 luo2 men2
Solomon (name); Solomon (Islands)

所罗门 所羅門 suo3 luo2 men2
Solomon (name)

所罗门群岛 所羅門群島 suo3 luo2 men2 qun2 dao3
Solomon Islands in southwest Pacific

锁门 鎖門 suo3 men2
to lock the door

踏破门槛 踏破門檻 ta1 po4 men2 kan3
to wear out the doorstep (idiom); to crowd at sb's door

太平门 太平門 tai4 ping2 men2
emergency exit

弹簧门 彈簧門 tan2 huang2 men2
swing door

天安门 天安門 tian1 an1 men2
Tiananmen Gate, entrance of the Imperial City in Beijing

天安门广场 天安門廣場 tian1 an1 men2 guang3 chang3
Tiananmen Square

天安门开了 天安門開了 tian1 an1 men2 kai1 le5
pants fly is down; the barn door is open

天门 天門 tian1 men2
Tianmen sub-prefecture level city in Hubei

天门冬 天門冬 tian1 men2 dong1
asparagus

天门冬科 天門冬科 tian1 men2 dong1 ke1
Asparagaceae, family of flowering plants which includes asparagus

天门市 天門市 tian1 men2 shi4
Tianmen sub-prefecture level city in Hubei

调门 調門 tiao2 men2
valve

铁打的衙门，流水的官 鐵打的衙門，流水的官 tie3 da3 de5 ya2 men5 - liu2 shui3 de5 guan1
lit. the yamen is strong as iron, the officials flow like water (idiom); fig. government officials come and go

铁将军把门 鐵將軍把門 tie3 jiang1 jun1 ba3 men2
lit. General Iron is guarding the door (idiom); fig. the door is padlocked — nobody inside

图门江 圖門江 tu2 men2 jiang1
variant of 圖們江|图们江

图坦卡门 圖坦卡門 tu2 tan3 ka3 men2
Tutankhamen, king of ancient Egypt 1333-1323 BC

土门 土門 tu3 men2
Tumen or Bumin Khan (-553), founder of Göktürk khanate

推拉门 推拉門 tui1 la1 men2
sliding door

屯门 屯門 tun2 men2
Tuen Mun district of New Territories, Hong Kong

托足无门 托足無門 tuo1 zu2 wu2 men2
to be unable to find a place to stay (idiom)

歪门邪道 歪門邪道 wai1 men2 xie2 dao4
dishonest practices

五福临门 五福臨門 wu3 fu2 lin2 men2
lit. (may the) five blessings descend upon this home (namely: longevity, wealth, health, virtue, and a natural death); (an auspicious saying for the Lunar New Year)

五花八门 五花八門 wu3 hua1 ba1 men2
myriad; all kinds of; all sorts of

吸门 吸門 xi1 men2
epiglottis

西门 西門 xi1 men2
surname Ximen

西门豹 西門豹 xi1 men2 bao4
Xi Menbao (active around 422 BC), statesman, general and hydraulic engineer of Wei state 魏國|魏国

西门町 西門町 xi1 men2 ding1
Ximending (neighborhood in Wanhua district, Taipei)

西门庆 西門慶 xi1 men2 qing4
Ximen Qing, character from 金瓶梅 and 水滸傳|水浒传

西门子 西門子 xi1 men2 zi3
Siemens (company name)

西门子公司 西門子公司 xi1 men2 zi3 gong1 si1
Siemens AG

西直门 西直門 xi1 zhi2 men2
Xizhimen neighborhood of Beijing; the main northwest gate of Beijing

系出名门 系出名門 xi4 chu1 ming2 men2
to come from a distinguished family

下场门 下場門 xia4 chang3 men2
exit door (of the stage)

厦门 廈門 xia4 men2
Xiamen or Amoy, subprovincial city in Fujian, abbr. 廈|厦

厦门大学 廈門大學 xia4 men2 da4 xue2
Xiamen University

厦门市 廈門市 xia4 men2 shi4
Xiamen, subprovincial city in Fujian; also known as Amoy

飨以闭门羹 饗以閉門羹 xiang3 yi3 bi4 men2 geng1
to close the door in one's face (idiom)

邪门 邪門 xie2 men2
strange; unusual; evil ways; dishonest practices

邪门歪道 邪門歪道 xie2 men2 wai1 dao4
lit. devil's gate, crooked path (idiom); corrupt practices; crooked methods; dishonesty

谢通门 謝通門 xie4 tong1 men2
Xaitongmoin county, Tibetan: Bzhad mthong smon rdzong, in Shigatse prefecture, Tibet

谢通门县 謝通門縣 xie4 tong1 men2 xian4
Xaitongmoin county, Tibetan: Bzhad mthong smon rdzong, in Shigatse prefecture, Tibet

囟门 囟門 xin4 men2
fontanel (gap between the bones of an infant's skull)

囟脑门 囟腦門 xin4 nao3 men2
fontanel (gap between the bones of an infant's skull)

行政部门 行政部門 xing2 zheng4 bu4 men2
administrative department; administration; executive (government branch)

秀才不出门，能知天下事 秀才不出門，能知天下事 xiu4 cai5 bu4 chu1 men2 - neng2 zhi1 tian1 xia4 shi4
a learned person need not leave his home to know what's going on in the world (idiom)

秀才不出门，全知天下事 秀才不出門，全知天下事 xiu4 cai5 bu4 chu1 men2 - quan2 zhi1 tian1 xia4 shi4
a learned person need not leave his home to know what's going on in the world (idiom)

宣武门 宣武門 xuan1 wu3 men2
Xuanwumen, Beijing

玄武门之变 玄武門之變 xuan2 wu3 men2 zhi1 bian4
Xuanwu gate coup of June 626 in early Tang, in which Li Shimin 李世民 killed his brothers, seized the throne from his father as Emperor Taizong 唐太宗

衙门 衙門 ya2 men5
government office in feudal China; yamen

雅典的泰门 雅典的泰門 ya3 dian3 de5 tai4 men2
Timon of Athens, 1607 tragedy by William Shakespeare 莎士比亞|莎士比亚

亚格门农 亞格門農 ya4 ge2 men2 nong2
Agamemnon

亚门 亞門 ya4 men2
subdivision; subphylum (taxonomy)

也门 也門 ye3 men2
Yemen

掖门 掖門 ye4 men2
small side door of a palace

叶门 葉門 ye4 men2
Yemen (Tw)

一门心思 一門心思 yi1 men2 xin1 si5
to set one's heart on sth (idiom)

伊娃·门德斯 伊娃·門德斯 yi1 wa2 - men2 de2 si1
Eva Mendes, American actress

夷门 夷門 yi2 men2
the Yi gate of 大梁, capital of Wei 魏 during Warring states

易门 易門 yi4 men2
Yimen county in Yuxi 玉溪, Yunnan

诣门 詣門 yi4 men2
to visit sb

易门县 易門縣 yi4 men2 xian4
Yimen county in Yuxi 玉溪, Yunnan

阴门 陰門 yin1 men2
vulva; pudenda

引鬼上门 引鬼上門 yin3 gui3 shang4 men2
to lead the devil to the door (idiom); to invite the attention of criminals; to leave oneself open to attack

盈门 盈門 ying2 men2
lit. fill the door; fill the house (at a wedding or auspicious occasion)

应门 應門 ying4 men2
to answer the door

永定门 永定門 yong3 ding4 men2
Yongdingmen, front gate of the outer section of Beijing's old city wall, torn down in the 1950s and reconstructed in 2005

幽门 幽門 you1 men2
pylorus (anatomy)

幽门螺杆菌 幽門螺桿菌 you1 men2 luo2 gan3 jun1
Helicobacter pylori (stomach bacterium)

幽门螺旋杆菌 幽門螺旋桿菌 you1 men2 luo2 xuan2 gan3 jun1
Helicobacter pylori (stomach bacterium)

幽门螺旋菌 幽門螺旋菌 you1 men2 luo2 xuan2 jun1
Helicobacter pylori (stomach bacterium)

油门 油門 you2 men2
accelerator (pedal); gas pedal; throttle

玉门 玉門 yu4 men2
Yumen county level city in Jiuquan 酒泉, Gansu

玉门 玉門 yu4 men2
(literary) vaginal opening; vulva

玉门关 玉門關 yu4 men2 guan1
Yumen Pass, or Jade Gate, western frontier post on the Silk Road in the Han Dynasty, west of Dunhuang, in Gansu

玉门市 玉門市 yu4 men2 shi4
Yumen county level city in Jiuquan 酒泉, Gansu

远门 遠門 yuan3 men2
(to go to) distant parts; faraway; a distant relative

远门近枝 遠門近枝 yuan3 men2 jin4 zhi1
near and distant relatives

月台幕门 月台幕門 yue4 tai2 mu4 men2
(railway) platform screen doors; platform-edge doors

在家靠父母，出门靠朋友 在家靠父母，出門靠朋友 zai4 jia1 kao4 fu4 mu3 - chu1 men2 kao4 peng2 you5
one depends on one's parents when at home, and on one's friends when away from home (idiom)

在家千日好，出门一时难 在家千日好，出門一時難 zai4 jia1 qian1 ri4 hao3 - chu1 men2 yi1 shi2 nan2
lit. at home, one can spend a thousand days in comfort, but spending a day away from home can be challenging (idiom); fig. there's no place like home

闸门 閘門 zha2 men2
sluice gate

栅门 柵門 zha4 men2
gate; door with grating; turnstile; logical gate (electronics)

找门路 找門路 zhao3 men2 lu4
to seek help from social connections

找上门 找上門 zhao3 shang4 men2
to come to sb's door; to call on sb

罩门 罩門 zhao4 men2
Achilles' heel; chink in the armor

浙江三门县 浙江三門縣 zhe4 jiang1 san1 men2 xian4
Sanmen County in Zhejiang

政府部门 政府部門 zheng4 fu3 bu4 men2
government branch

正门 正門 zheng4 men2
main entrance; main gate; portal

专门 專門 zhuan1 men2
specialist; specialized; customized

专门化 專門化 zhuan1 men2 hua4
to specialize

专门机构 專門機構 zhuan1 men2 ji1 gou4
specialized agency

专门家 專門家 zhuan1 men2 jia1
specialist

专门列车 專門列車 zhuan1 men2 lie4 che1
special train

专门人员 專門人員 zhuan1 men2 ren2 yuan2
specialist; specialized staff

转门 轉門 zhuan4 men2
revolving door; turnstile

装点门面 裝點門面 zhuang1 dian3 men2 mian4
lit. to decorate the front of one's store (idiom); fig. to embellish (one's CV, etc); to keep up appearances; to put up a front

装门面 裝門面 zhuang1 men2 mian4
see 裝點門面|装点门面

自报家门 自報家門 zi4 bao4 jia1 men2
to introduce oneself; originally a theatrical device in which a character explains his own role

自立门户 自立門戶 zi4 li4 men2 hu4
to form one's own group or school of thought; to set up one's own business; to establish oneself

总理衙门 總理衙門 zong3 li3 ya2 men5
the Qing dynasty equivalent of the Foreign Office

走后门 走後門 zou3 hou4 men2
lit. to enter by the back door; fig. to gain influence by pull or unofficial channels; back door or under the counter connections

走门路 走門路 zou3 men2 lu4
to use social connections; to toady to influential people

走门子 走門子 zou3 men2 zi5
see 走門路|走门路