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mun4
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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
Level: 1
This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese. |
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Don't confuse with: 鬥 |
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| This character was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 14th Jul 2009 16:52 | ||
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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 marriedSee all 210 compounds (CantoDict reports 219 compounds in total, but some may be Common Formations) |
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Showing 10 of 12 examples containing 門
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.]
當日天陰陰，落雨絲濕噉，一出門口我都經已有不祥嘅預感 粵
That day the weather was overcast and about to rain. I had a very bad feeling as I stepped out my house. 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. |
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Forum Code to link to this word:
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Decimal representation of this word: 門
Unicode code for this character: U+9580 (off-site link)
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HTML Code to link to this word:
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Decimal representation of this word: 門
Unicode code for this character: U+9580 (off-site link)
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- a list of characters which look similar and are therefore possible sources of confusion (where relevant)
- a list of compound words that use this character, ordered by difficulty level.
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