门

How to write 门, stroke by stroke

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What 门 means

surname Men; 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 of technology; (suffix) -gate (i.e. scandal; derived from Watergate)

Pictographic: An open doorway or gate

Made of 丶 + 丨

Words with 门

• 开门kāi ménto open a door (lit. and fig.); to open for business
• 部门bù méndepartment; branch; section; division
• 出门chū ménto go out; to leave home; to go on a journey; away from home; (of a woman) to get married
• 关门guān ménto close a door; to lock a door; (of a shop etc) to close (for the night or permanently)
• 门口mén kǒudoorway; gate
• 大门dà ménentrance; door; gate; large and influential family
• 专门zhuān ménspecialized; 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
• 把门bǎ ménto stand as a goalkeeper; to keep guard on a gate
• 敲门qiāo ménto knock on a door
• 后门hòu ménback door; back gate; (fig.) back-door influence; under-the-table dealings; anus; (computing) backdoor
• 门外mén wàioutside the door
• 前门qián ménfront door; main entrance; honest and upright approach (as opposed to 後門|后门, back-door or under the counter)

门 in a sentence

• 我出门的时候，你来了。

  wǒ chū mén de shí hòu ， nǐ lái le 。

  You arrived at the moment I left.

• 门口有个男人想见你。

  mén kǒu yǒu gè nán rén xiǎng jiàn nǐ 。

  There is a man at the door who wants to see you.

• 谁负责这个部门？

  shuí fù zé zhè ge bù mén ？

  Who's in charge of this section?

• 你知道银行什么时候关门吗？

  nǐ zhī dào yín háng shén me shí hòu guān mén ma ？

  Do you have any idea when the bank closes?

• 银行九点开门。

  yín háng jiǔ diǎn kāi mén 。

  Banks open at nine o'clock.

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