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  mun4   jyutping
  men2   pinyin
[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
Radical: (#169)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.
門 / 门

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This word has been viewed 29275 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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detail  mun4 hau2  men2 kou3 = entrance; doorway
detail  mun4 dou6   = doorway
detail  hon1 mun4   = gatekeeper
detail  hon1 mun4 gau2  kan1 men2 gou3 = guard dog
detail  saan1 mun4  shuan1 men2 = to close the door; to close shop
detail  tin1 on1 mun4  tian1 an1 men2 = Tiananmen Gate (The Gate of Heavenly Peace)
detail  ou3 mun4*2  ao4 men2 = Macao; Macau
detail  bou6 mun4  bu4 men2 = department
detail  hoi1 mun4  kai1 men2 = to open a door
detail  ceot1 mun4  chu1 men2 = to go out; to leave home; (of women) to get married
See all 232 compounds (CantoDict reports 241 compounds in total, but some may be Common Formations)

Showing 10 of 13 examples containing 門
detail audio 我哋而家出門[]
We're leaving now.
[literally, "We're going out the front door now." - the 口 is optional.]
detail 前面
The umbrella is in front of the door.
[前面=前便]
detail 雪櫃!
Close the fridge door!
[Faan1 is used idiomatically here - we don't back 'close back the door' in English.]
detail audio 請勿靠近車門
Please stand back from the doors
[MTR announcement]
detail audio 因住
Beware of the door which might squash your hand.
detail audio 公司專門生產電腦
The company specializes in producing computers.
detail audio 專門開會
The room is given over to meetings.
detail 反而𣲷
The newly changed door lock is unexpectedly not as smooth as the old one.
detail audio 畀佢頭槌龍門
I passed the ball to him and he scored with a header
[http://www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk/phorum/read.php?7,120703]
detail 出啲紳士風度開車
Shouln't you be a gentleman by opening the car door for Bou Wah?
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