门
ménMén HSK1

door

门 (門) mén frequency
door noun
gate, door, gateway, or opening

请你在离开办公室之前记得把所有的窗户和门都关好。

qǐng nǐ zài lí​kāi bàn​gōng​shì zhī​qián jì​de bǎ suǒ​yǒu de chuāng​hu hé mén dōu guān​hǎo.

Please remember to close all the windows and doors properly before you leave the office.

classifier measure word
classifier for large guns, lessons, subjects, or branches of technology

我这学期选了五门课。

wǒ zhè xué​qī xuǎn le wǔ mén kè.

I've taken five courses this semester.

phylum noun
class, category, phylum, or division in taxonomy

脊索动物门是动物界最高级的门。

jǐ​suǒ dòng​wù mén shì dòng​wù​jiè zuì gāo​jí de mén.

Chordata is the most advanced phylum in the animal kingdom.

knack measure word
way to do something; a knack or trick

要想学好这门手艺，必须得先入其门。

yào xiǎng xué​hǎo zhè mén shǒu​yì, bì​xū děi xiān rù qí mén.

To master this craft, one must first learn the basics.

sect place name
family, house, religious sect, or school of thought

虽然他们两人现在是对手，但其实本是同门。

suī​rán tā​men liǎng rén xiàn​zài shì duì​shǒu, dàn qí​shí běn shì tóng mén.

Although they are rivals now, they actually studied under the same master.

valve noun
valve, switch, or mechanical opening

司机猛踩了一脚油门，车子飞快地冲了出去。

sī​jī měng​cǎi le yī jiǎo yóu mén, chē​zi fēi​kuài de chōng le chū​qù.

The driver slammed on the accelerator, and the car sped off.

-gate noun
suffix used for scandals, derived from the Watergate scandal

这起泄密事件演变成了该国的“邮件门”。

zhè qǐ xiè​mì shì​jiàn yǎn​biàn chéng le gāi guó de“ yóu​jiàn​mén”.

The leak evolved into the country's 'Emailgate'.

门 (門) Mén
Men proper name
surname Men

门先生是这家公司的经理。

Mén xiān​sheng shì zhè jiā gōng​sī de jīng​lǐ.

Mr. Men is the manager of this company.

Cross-References

Classifier

Frequency
Character
Written text
185th most common 1099.6 per million
Movie subtitles
297th most common 553.1 per million appears in 88% of films
Word
Movie subtitles
264.7 per million appears in 56% of films
Written text
251.7 per million

Details
HSK 2.0
Level 2
HSK 3.0
Level 1
Traditional
門
Strokes
3
Unicode
U+95E8

Sources
Definitions
CC-CEDICT
Frequency data
MTSU Chinese text computingSUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)