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Trad. 門
- gate
- door
- CL:扇[shan4]
- gateway
- doorway
- CL:個|个[ge4]
- 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 of technology
- (suffix) -gate (i.e. scandal; derived from Watergate)
Trad. 命門
- (TCM) the right kidney
- (TCM) acupuncture point GV-4, midway between the kidneys
- the region between the kidneys
- the eyes
- (fortune-telling) the temples
- (fig.) most critical or vulnerable point
Trad. 上門
- 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
Trad. 門子
- door
- doorman (old)
- hanger-on of an aristocrat
- social influence
- pull
- classifier for relatives, marriages etc
Trad. 虎門
- the Bocca Tigris, a narrow strait in the Pearl River Delta, Guangdong
- Humen Town 虎門鎮|虎门镇[Hu3 men2 Zhen4]
Trad. 射門
- (soccer, handball etc) to kick or shoot the ball towards the goal
Trad. 後門
- back door; back gate
- (fig.) back-door influence; under-the-table dealings
- anus
- (computing) backdoor
Trad. 門戶
- door
- strategic gateway
- portal
- faction
- sect
- family status
- family
- web portal
- (old) brothel
Trad. 氣門
- valve (esp. tire valve)
- accelerator (obsolete term for 油門|油门)
- stigma (zool.)
- spiracle
Trad. 盈門
- lit. fill the door
- fill the house (at a wedding or auspicious occasion)
Trad. 捲門
- rolling door; roll-up shutter (of a shopfront, garage, warehouse etc)
Trad. 過門
- to pass through a doorway
- (of a woman) to marry
- orchestral music interlude in an opera
Trad. 門檻
- doorstep
- sill
- threshold
- fig. knack or trick (esp. scheme to get sth cheaper)
Trad. 門源
- Menyuan Hui Autonomous County in Haibei Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture 海北藏族自治州[Hai3 bei3 Zang4 zu2 Zi4 zhi4 zhou1], Qinghai
Trad. 前門
- front door
- main entrance
- honest and upright approach (as opposed to 後門|后门, back-door or under the counter)
Trad. 臨門
- to arrive home
- facing one's home
- home-coming
- (soccer) facing the goalmouth
Trad. 柴門
- lit. woodcutter's family
- humble background
- poor family background
Trad. 門閂
- horizontal bar to hold a door closed (made of wood or metal)
- door bolt
Trad. 法門
- gate to enlightment (Buddhism)
- Buddhism
- way
- method
- (old) south gate of a palace
Trad. 沙門
- monk (Sanskrit: Sramana, originally refers to north India)
- Buddhist monk
Trad. 亞門
- (biology) subphylum (in zoological taxonomy); subdivision (in the taxonomy of plants or fungi)
Trad. 出門
- to go out
- to leave home
- to go on a journey
- away from home
- (of a woman) to get married
Trad. 宦門
- family of officials
- family with connections to the bureaucracy (i.e. the middle classes in imperial China)
Trad. 冷門
- a neglected branch (of arts, science, sports etc)
- fig. a complete unknown who wins a competition
Trad. 蓋門
- a door-like or hinged cover (e.g. fuel door on a car, access hatch on a machine etc)
Trad. 關門
- to close a door
- to lock a door
- (of a shop etc) to close (for the night or permanently)
Trad. 專門
- specialized; dedicated (to a particular field or purpose)
- specially; specifically (for a particular purpose)
- (of institutions, personnel etc) designated or assigned for a specific task; special
Trad. 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
Trad. 破門
- to burst or force open a door
- to excommunicate sb (from the Roman Catholic Church)
- to score a goal (in football, hockey etc)
Trad. 金門
- Kinmen or Quemoy islands off the Fujian coast, administered by Taiwan
- Jinmen county in Quanzhou 泉州[Quan2 zhou1], Fujian, PRC
Trad. 入門
- entrance door
- to enter a door
- to learn the basics of a subject; introduction (to a subject); (attributive) entry-level
Trad. 卡門
- Carmen (name)
- Carmen, 1875 opera by Georges Bizet 比才 based on novel by Prosper Mérimée 梅里美[Mei2 li3 mei3]
