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[1] [n] gate; door; entrance; opening [2] [n] family; clan [3] [n] sect; school; gang [4] [n] class; category [5] the key; turning point [6] a piece of (artillery); cannon [7] gate-keeping [8] a Chinese familly name [9] Kangxi radical 169 Stroke count: 8
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This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese. |
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門 / 门 | ||
Don't confuse with: 鬥 |
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門口 mun4 hau2 = entrance; doorway 門道 mun4 dou6 = doorway 看門 hon1 mun4 = gatekeeper 看門狗 hon1 mun4 gau2 = guard dog 閂門 saan1 mun4 = to close the door; to close shop 粵 天安門 tin1 on1 mun4 = Tiananmen Gate (The Gate of Heavenly Peace) 澳門 ou3 mun4*2 = Macao; Macau 部門 bou6 mun4 = department 開門 hoi1 mun4 = to open a door 出門 ceot1 mun4 = to go out; to leave home; (of women) to get married 大門 daai6 mun4 = entrance, door, gate 屯門 tyun4 mun4 = Tuen Mun (HK) 門鐘 mun4 zung1 = doorbell 車門 ce1 mun4 = vehicle door 五花八門 ng5 faa1 baat3 mun4 = myriad; all kinds of; all sorts of 門口兒 mun4 hau2 ji4 = doorway 國 阿門 aa3 mun4 = Amen (loanword) 沙門魚 saa1 mun4 jyu4*2 = salmon 看門口 hon1 mun4 hau2 = look after the house 粵 門市 mun4 si5 = retail sales 小門 siu2 mun4 = wicket (in game of Cricket); a small gate 後門 hau6 mun4*2 = back door 門市部 mun4 si5 bou6 = retail department; sales department 入門 jap6 mun4 = basic; entry-level; beginners' level 肛門 gong1 mun4 = the anus, rectum 國 關門 gwaan1 mun4 = close the door; close (a business) 國 閉門 bai3 mun4 = close the door; closed-door 衙門 ngaa4 mun4 = imperial court 專門 zyun1 mun4/4*2 = technical; specialized 專門店 zyun1 mun4 dim3 = specialist shop 天安門廣場 tin1 on1 mun4 gwong2 coeng4 = Tiananmen Square 門鈴 mun4 ling4 = doorbell 澳門特區 ou3 mun4*2 dak6 keoi1 = Macao Special Administrative Region 吊門桔 diu3 mun4 gat1 = a thin person 粵 走後門 zau2 hau6 mun4 = to use backdoor connections 走後門兒 zau2 hau6 mun4 ji4 = to use backdoor connections 國 對門 deoi3 mun4 = the room opposite; the building opposite 政府部門 zing3 fu2 bou6 mun4 = government branch 金門 gam1 mun4 = Golden Gate; Quemoy Island 屏門 ping4 mun4*2 = screen door 上門 soeng5 mun4*2 = drop in, visit 門檻 mun4 laam6 = doorsill, threshold, the ways, esp. of doing business 門釘 mun4 deng1 = doornail 門診 mun4 can2 = outpatient service 門廊 mun4 long4 = porch 冷門 laang5 mun4*2 = an unexpected winner; dark horse; sth. recieves little attention 彩門 coi2 mun4*2 = decorated gateway 敲門 haau1 mun4 = knock; knock on a door 門房 mun4 fong4*2 = gate house; lodge; porter 熱門 jit6 mun4*2 = popular, in great demand 爆冷門 baau3 laang5 mun4*2 = to produce an unexpected winner; upset 油門 jau4 mun4 = accelerator 門神 mun4 san4 = god of the gate 龍門 lung4 mun4 = goal (in a soccer game); (placename) Lung Moon 大門口 daai6 mun4 hau2 = an entrance 守龍門 sau2 lung4 mun4 = keep goal 偏門 pin1 mun4*2 = side door, side line; illegal triad activities 同門 tung4 mun4 = pupils of same master; husbands whose wives are sisters; (placename) Tung Moon 窗門 coeng1 mun4*2 = shutters; window (as a unit including frame) 粵 門口狗 mun4 hau2 gau2 = a watchdog; a cowardly loudmouth who only acts fierce on his own turf 粵 教門 gaau3 mun4*2 = a Moslem 脈門 mak6 mun4 = location near wrist for feeling pulse 一登龍門 jat1 dang1 lung4 mun4 = enter the dragon gate (hall of honor) 登機門 dang1 gei1 mun4 = boarding gate 側門 zak1 mun4 = side-door 正門 zing3 mun4 = main entrance, main door, front door 摸門釘 mo2 mun4 deng1 = to fail to see someone you visit 粵 不二法門 bat1 ji6 faat3 mun4 = the only proper course to take; the one and only way 國 人事部門 jan4 si6 bou6 mun4 = personnel office 家門 gaa1 mun4 = house door; family clan 自動大門 zi6 dung6 daai6 mun4 = automatic gate 沙門氏菌 saa1 mun4 si6 kwan2 = salmonella 便門 bin6 mun4 = postern; side-door; wicket-door; wicket-gate 專門化 zyun1 mun4 faa3 = specialize 軍事部門 gwan1 si6 bou6 mun4 = military branch 暗門子 am3 mun4 zi2 = unlicensed or unregistered prostitute 擺龍門陣 baai2 lung4 mun4 zan6 = chat; gossip; spin a yarn 按門鈴 on3 mun4 ling4 = to ring a doorbell 情報部門 cing4 bou3 bou6 mun4 = intelligence agency 城門 sing4 mun4 = city gate 四門轎車 sei3 mun4 giu6*2 ce1 = sedan (motor car) 竅門 hiu3 mun4 = the secret to a technique 活門 wut6 mun4 = valve 門齒 mun4 ci2 = incisor 部門別的 bou6 mun4 bit6 dik1 = [adj] departmental 國 熱門音樂 jit6 mun4*2 jam1 ngok6 = popular or hot music 開門見山 hoi1 mun4 gin3 saan1 = to get right to the point; to open the door and see the mountain 橫門 waang4 mun4*2 = side door 粵 門匙 mun4 si4 = (door) key 入門網站 jap6 mun4 mong5 zaam6 = portals 陷阱門 haam6 zeng6 mun4 = trapdoor 聲門 seng1 mun4 = glottis 摩門教 mo1 mun4 gaau3 = Mormon 竅門兒 hiu3 mun4 ji4 = a trick; an ingenious method; know-how; the knack (of doing something) 門診室 mun4 can2 sat1 = clinic; outpatient department (or consulting room) 澳門人 ou3 mun4*2 jan4 = a person from Macao 鎖門 so2 mun4 = to lock the door 水門 seoi2 mun4 = [n] floodgate, sluice gate; (placename) Sui Moon 閘門 zaap6 mun4 = [n] gate; sluice gate (on waterways) 芝麻開門 zi1 maa4 hoi1 mun4 = "open sesame" 芝麻閂門 zi1 maa4 saan1 mun4 = "close sesame" 粵 天門冬 tin1 mun4 dung1 = [TCM] lucid asparagus 出門子 ceot1 mun4 zi2 = (of a woman) get married; marry 開門辦學 hoi1 mun4 baan6 hok6 = open-door schooling (common formation) 龍門刨床 lung4 mun4 paau4 cong4 = [mech.] double housing planer 龍門起重機 lung4 mun4 hei2 cung5 gei1 = a gantry crane 掃地出門 sou3 dei6 ceot1 mun4 = sweep away; make a clean sweep 監督部門 gaam1 duk1 bou6 mun4 = surveillance department; watchdog (common formation) 門徒 mun4 tou4 = chela; disciple; protege; clientele 門鉸 mun4 gaau3 = door hinge 粵 戌門 seot1 mun4 = to latch the door 閂埋門 saan1 maai4 mun4 = to close the door 粵 總理衙門 zung2 lei5 ngaa4 mun4 = the Qing dynasty equivalent of the Foreign Office (common formation) 行政部門 hang4 zing3 bou6 mun4 = executive (government branch) (common formation) 玉門 juk6 mun4 = Yumen; the vagina 玉門池 juk6 mun4 ci4 = the female sex organ (lit., "the jade gate [vaginal opening] pond") 門口對講機 mun4 hau2 deoi3 gong2 gei1 = door-telephone (common formation) 趟門 tong3 mun4 = sliding door 粵 上門推銷員 soeng5 mun4*2 teoi1 siu1 jyun4 = door-to-door salesman 門派 mun4 paai3 = religious branch ; martial arts schools, kung fu styles 門球 mun4 kau4 = gateball (a sport similar to cricket) 安全門 on1 cyun4 mun4 = emergency door ; fire exit 太平門 taai3 ping4 mun4 = emergency door ; fire exit 門柄 mun4 beng3 = doorknob 看門人 hon1 mun4 jan4 = gatekeeper; doorman; watchman 月台幕門 jyut6 toi4 mok6 mun4 = platform screen door 燙門 tong3 mun4 = sliding door 大熱門 daai6 jit6 mun4 = most popular; the favourite 花門 faa1 mun4*2 = to sneak away (from work at the last minute) 粵 門縫 mun4 fung6 = a crack between a door and its frame 門面話 mun4 min6*2 waa6 = insincere speech; "lip service" (lit., "facade speech") 門面 mun4 min6*2 = a facade; the appearance 舷門 jin4 mun4 = gangway (lit., "door on the side of a boat") 守門員 sau2 mun4 jyun4 = goal keeper 掩門 jim2 mun4 = close the door 掌門 zoeng2 mun4 = the leader in charge of a system or style (from Kwan Ying Do) 肛門袋 gong1 mun4 doi6*2 = a colostomy bag 人工肛門 jan4 gung1 gong1 mun4 = a colostomy stoma (lit., "man-made anus") (common formation) 折門 zit3 mun4 = an accordion door, a folding door 囟門 seon2 mun4 = fontanel; fonticulus 門票 mun4 piu3 = an entrance ticket; an admission ticket 閉門造車 bai3 mun4 zou6 geoi1 = work in disregard of reality 門戶 mun4 wu6 = a door; a gateway 星際之門 sing1 zai3 zi1 mun4 = stargate 城門失火 sing4 mun4 sat1 fo2 = a fire in the city gates 閨門旦 gwai1 mun4 daan3*2 = Guimen Dan, the role of the virtuous lady in opera 熱門話題 jit6 mun4*2 waa6 tai4 = hot topic 爆門 baau3 mun4 = bust down a door 粵 門面工夫 mun4 min6 gung1 fu1 = to do sth. perfunctory or superficial; to put on a show 粵 五福臨門 ng5 fuk1 lam4 mun4 = five different kinds of blessings or good luck arrive at one's door step 班門弄斧 baan1 mun4 lung6 fu2 = to show off one's beginner skills in front of an expert 門可羅雀 mun4 ho2 lo4 zoek3 = have few visitors or customers;said of a business not doing well 門外漢 mun4 ngoi6 hon3 = an outsider; a laymen; sb. uninitiated 摩爾門教 mo1 ji5 mun4 gaau3 = Mormon 門氏五虎將 mun4 si6 ng5 fu2 zoeng3 = a name for the five major Cantonese swear words (The five brave generals of the Mun clan) 粵 一門五傑 jat1 mun4 ng5 git6 = a name for the five major swear words in Cantonese 粵 凱旋門 hoi2 syun4 mun4 = arch of triumph 佛門 fat6 mun4 = Buddhism 逐出師門 zuk6 ceot1 si1 mun4 = be expelled from a (martial arts) school 名門 ming4 mun4 = a distinguished family 名門望族 ming4 mun4 mong6 zuk6 = illustrious ancestry 門規 mun4 kwai1 = rules of a faction, school or sect 門扇 mun4 sin3 = door, opening panel of a door 滅門 mit6 mun4 = kill off the whole family 閉門羹 bai3 mun4 gang1 = denied entry 搉門 kok1 mun4 = knock on door 粵 防煙門 fong4 jin1 mun4 = smoke lobby door; fire door 金門高粱酒 gam1 mun4 gou1 loeng4 zau2 = Kinmen Kaoliang Liquor 搬龍門 bun1 lung4 mun4 = bend the rules 拒諸門外 keoi5 zyu1 mun4 ngoi6 = refuse sb's entry; turn sb away 上品無寒門下品無世族 soeng6 ban2 mou4 hon4 mun4 haa6 ban2 mou4 sai3 zuk6 = the poor remain poor, the rich remain wealthy 澳門特別行政區 ou3 mun4*2 dak6 bit6 hang4 zing3 keoi1 = Macao Special Administrative Region 所羅門群島 so2 lo4 mun4 kwan4 dou2 = Solomon Islands 也門 jaa5 mun4 = Yemen 廈門 haa6 mun4 = Xiamen 厦門 haa6 mun4 = Xiamen; Amoy 澳門幣 ou3 mun4*2 bai6 = Macau Pataca (unit of currency) 澳門塔 ou3 mun4*2 taap3 = Macau Tower 鯉魚門 lei5 jyu4 mun4 = Lei Yue Mun (Pass) 門前清 mun4 cin4 cing1 = (mahjong) concealed hand 門風 mun4 fung1 = (mahjong) seat wind 門風刻 mun4 fung1 kaan5 = (mahjong) seat wind pong/triplet 亞格門農 aa3 gaak3 mun4 nung4 = Agamemnon 亞門 aa3 mun4 = subdivision; subphylum (taxonomy) 圖坦卡門 tou4 taan2 kaa1 mun4 = Tutankhamen 摩門經 mo1 mun4 ging1 = Book of Mormon (摩爾門經 is a newer retranslation) 板門店停戰村 baan2 mun4 dim3 ting4 zin3 cyun1 = Panmunjom Truce Village (between North and South Korea) 核門檻 hat6 mun4 laam6 = nuclear threshold 門薩 mun4 saat3 = Mensa (普 loanword) 傷寒沙門氏菌 soeng1 hon4 saa1 mun4 si6 kwan2 = salmonella typhimurium 門閥 mun4 fat6 = the Great Families (dominant feudal clans during the medieval period) 北門鄉 bak1 mun4 hoeng1 = Peimen (village in Taiwan) 斗門 dau2 mun4 = Doumen (place in Guangdong) 荊門 ging1 mun4 = Jingmen (city in Hubei) 江門 gong1 mun4 = Jiangmen (city in Guangdong) 海門 hoi2 mun4 = Haimen (place in Jiangsu) 易門 jik6 mun4 = Yimen (place in Yunnan) 內門鄉 noi6 mun4 hoeng1 = Neimen (village in Taiwan) 三地門鄉 saam1 dei6 mun4 hoeng1 = Santimen (village in Taiwan) 三門峽 saam1 mun4 haap6 = Sanmenxia (city in Henan) 天門 tin1 mun4 = Tianmen (city in Hubei) 廈門航空 haa6 mun4 hong4 hung1 = Xiamen Airlines 城門水塘 sing4 mun4 seoi2 tong4 = Shing Mun Reservoir 城門隧道 sing4 mun4 seoi6 dou6 = Shing Mun Tunnel 屯門醫院 tyun4 mun4 ji1 jyun6*2 = Tuen Mun Hospital 香港澳門辦公室 hoeng1 gong2 ou3 mun4*2 baan6 gung1 sat1 = Hong Kong-Macao Affairs Office 夏門 haa6 mun4 = Xiamen, Shamen 澳門博物館 ou3 mun4*2 bok3 mat6 gun2 = the Museum of Macau 婆羅門 po4 lo4 mun4 = Brahman 婆羅門教 po4 lo4 mun4 gaau3 = Brahmanism 蘇門答臘 sou1 mun4 daap3 laap6 = Sumatra 廈門大學 haa6 mun4 daai6 hok6 = Xiamen University 澳門國際機場 ou3 mun4*2 gwok3 zai3 gei1 coeng4 = Macau International Airport (common formation) 天安門事件 tin1 on1 mun4 si6 gin6*2 = Tiananmen Square protests (common formation) 澳門立法會 ou3 mun4*2 lap6 faat3 wui6*2 = Legislative Council of Macao (common formation) 奪門而出 dyut6 mun4 ji4 ceot1 = to hasten out of the house in a great rush 摩爾門經 mo1 ji5 mun4 ging1 = Book of Mormon (also 摩門經) 掌門人 zoeng2 mun4 jan4 = [1] a patriarch of a martial arts sect [2] a leader 水門事件 seoi2 mun4 si6 gin6*2 = Watergate scandal 個人門戶 go3 jan4 mun4 wu6 = personal web portal 龍虎門 lung4 fu2 mun4 = Dragon Tiger Gate, an original Hong Kong comic started in the 70's 邪門歪道 ce4 mun4 waai1 dou6 = crooked ways; dishonest practices 西門町 sai1 mun4 ding1 = Ximending, a pedestrian area in Taipei city 城門河 sing4 mun4 ho4 = Shing Mun River channel 豪門 hou4 mun4 = wealthy and influential family 佛拉門哥 fat6 laai1 mun4 go1 = Flamenco 貼錯門神 tip3 co3 mun4 san4 = to become hostile, aggressive, or nasty 粵 祁門 kei4 mun4 = Qimen county in Huangshan, Anhui 石庫門 sek6 fu3 mun4 = residences with courtyards (once common in Shanghai) 門楣 mun4 mei4 = door lintel; goal bar; family status 開門揖盜 hoi1 mun4 jap1 dou6 = incur trouble for being careless 鴻門宴 hung4 mun4 jin3 = a trap; perilous meeting 龍門路 lung4 mun4 lou6 = Lung Mun Road 城門隧道公路 sing4 mun4 seoi6 dou6 gung1 lou6 = Shing Mun Tunnel Road 屯門公路 tyun4 mun4 gung1 lou6 = Tuen Mun Road 石門 sek6 mun4 = Shek Mun (a station on the KCR Ma On Shan Rail of Hong Kong) 澳門航空 ou3 mun4*2 hong4 hung1 = Air Macau 屯門碼頭 tyun4 mun4 maa5 tau4 = Tyun Mun Ferry Pier 屯門碼頭總站 tyun4 mun4 maa5 tau4 zung2 zaam6 = Tyun Mun Ferry Pier Terminus 所羅門 so2 lo4 mun4 = Solomon (from Bible) 精武門 zing1 mou5 mun4 = Fist Of Fury |
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我哋而家出門[口] 粵
We're leaving now. [literally, "We're going out the front door now." - the 口 is optional.]
閂返道雪櫃門! 粵
Close the fridge door! [Faan1 is used idiomatically here - we don't back 'close back the door' in English.]
佢將我傳畀佢嘅波頭槌入龍門 粵
Show all 13 examplesI passed the ball to him and he scored with a header [http://www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk/phorum/read.php?7,120703] Legend 國 : This term is used in Mandarin/Standard written Chinese, not Cantonese. 粵 : This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese. No icon: This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese. |