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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 word has been viewed 33740 times since 30th Oct 2012, 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 232 compounds (CantoDict reports 241 compounds in total, but some may be Common Formations) |
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Showing 10 of 13 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.]
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
I 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. |
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Unicode code for this character: U+9580 (off-site link)
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Decimal representation of this word: 門
Unicode code for this character: U+9580 (off-site link)
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