(mén) - door, gate in Mandarin

mén

Traditional: 門

HSK 1

#789 of 5,000 Core 1000

Translation

door, gate

Word origin

门 (mén) 'door, gate' is a pictograph: the older forms clearly drew a pair of swinging doors hung in a gateway. The traditional 門 keeps both leaves of the doorway.

Origin: pictograph
Root: drawing of a two-leaf door or gate

Stroke order

门

Examples

。

Please close the door.

。

The door is open.

口kǒu。

She stood at the door waiting.

。

Please close the door.

。

The school's main gate is impressive.

门 (mén) means door, gate. It is used as a noun in everyday Mandarin speech.

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Multi-character compounds in the corpus that contain 门.

开门kāi ménto open the door, to open for business

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This word is part of lesson 16.