"Door" • Chinese-English Dictionary

DICTIONARY OPTIONS
CHARACTERS : Simplified Traditional
PHONETIC : Pinyin Bopomofo EFEO Wade-Giles Yale
» Search by Radical
 mén gate / door / CL:扇[shan4] / gateway / doorway / CL:個|个[ge4] / 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)
 dà mén entrance / door / gate / large and influential family
 mén hù door / strategic gateway / portal / faction / sect / family status / family / web portal / (old) brothel
 mén shàn door / the opening panel of a door
 hù a household / door / family
 hé door / to close / whole
 jiōng (literary) to shut or bolt a door / door
 mén zi door / doorman (old) / hanger-on of an aristocrat / social influence / pull / classifier for relatives, marriages etc
 zǒu chū to leave (a room etc) / to go out through (a door etc)
 shàng mén to drop in / to visit / to lock a door / (of a shop) to close / to go and live with one's wife's family, in effect becoming a member of her family
 mén wài outside the door
 rù mén entrance door / to enter a door / introduction (to a subject) / to learn the basics of a subject
 lín jū neighbor / next door / CL:個|个[ge4]
 kāi mén to open a door (lit. and fig.) / to open for business
 mén qián in front of the door
 fáng mén door of a room
 gé bì next door / neighbor
 jìn mén to enter a door / to go in / to learn the basics of a subject / to join one's husband's household upon marriage
 jiā mén house door / family clan
 chē mén car door / door of bus, railway carriage etc
 guān mén to close a door / to lock a door / (of a shop etc) to close (for the night, or permanently)
 hòu mén the back door / fig. under the counter (indirect way for influence or pressure) / anus
 qiāo mén to knock on a door
 zhāi xià to take off / to remove (one's hat, a door from its hinges etc) / to pick (a piece of fruit from a tree etc) / (sports) to pick off (a rebound etc)
 pò mén to burst or force open a door / to excommunicate sb (from the Roman Catholic Church) / to score a goal (in football, hockey etc)
 lín sǐ facing death / at death's door
 mén suǒ door lock
 fáng dào mén security door
 zhǎo shàng mén to come to sb's door / to call on sb
 qián mén front door / main entrance / honest and upright approach (as opposed to 後門|后门, back-door or under the counter)
 mén pái door plate / house number
 bì mén to close a door
 mén kuàng door frame
 kāi mén jiàn shān lit. to open the door and see the mountain / fig. to get right to the point (idiom)
 pèng bì to hit a wall / (fig.) to hit a brick wall / to hit a snag / to have the door slammed in one's face
 mén shén door god
 gǒng mén arched door
 qiāo kāi to get sth open by tapping or striking it / (figuratively, when followed by sth like ∼的大門|∼的大门[xx5 de5 da4 men2]) to open the door to ~ / to gain access to ~
 cè mén side door
 gǒu yán cán chuǎn to struggle on whilst at death's door (idiom)
 wáng yáng bǔ láo lit. to mend the pen after sheep are lost (idiom) / fig. to act belatedly / better late than never / to lock the stable door after the horse has bolted
 suǒ mén to lock the door
 mén bǎ door knob / door handle / also pr. [men2 ba4]
 juǎn lián mén roll-up door
 nǐng kāi to unscrew / to twist off (a lid) / to turn on (a faucet) / to switch on (by turning a knob) / to turn (a door handle) / to wrench apart
 zǒu hòu mén lit. to enter by the back door / fig. to gain influence by pull or unofficial channels / back door or under the counter connections
 jué chǔ féng shēng to come back from death's door (idiom) / unexpected rescue from danger / fig. to recover from a seemingly impossible situation / to find a way out of a predicament
 kòu mén to knock on a door
 jiā fēng to seal up (a door with a paper seal, or a document) / to confer an additional title on a nobleman
 tuī lā mén sliding door
 piān mén side door / doing things by the side door (i.e. dishonestly)
 lián mù hanging screen / curtain over shop door (for privacy and serving as advertisement)
 mén shuān horizontal bar to hold a door closed (made of wood or metal) / door bolt
 tàn shēn to lean forward / to lean out (of a window, door etc)
 yíng mén lit. fill the door / fill the house (at a wedding or auspicious occasion)
 páng mén side door
 mén kě luó què you can net sparrows at the door (idiom) / completely deserted
 xià zhú kè lìng to ask sb to leave / to show sb the door / to give a tenant notice to leave
 mén huán door knocker (in the shape of a ring)
 zhà mén gate / door with grating / turnstile / logical gate (electronics)
 lín shè neighbor / person next door
 mìng zài dàn xī to be at death's door (idiom)
 biān mén side door / wicket door
 qiào mén to break in / to force a door
 kāi hòu mén to open the back door / fig. under the counter / to do a secret or dishonest deal / to let sth in by the back door
 chī bì mén gēng to be refused entrance (idiom) / to find the door closed
 zhuàn mén revolving door / turnstile
便 biàn mén side door / wicket door
 kuàng frame (e.g. door frame) / casing / fig. framework / template / to circle (i.e. draw a circle around sth) / to frame / to restrict / Taiwan pr. [kuang1]
 guī small arched door / boudoir / lady's chamber / by ext. women
 kǎn door sill / threshold
 biǎn horizontal rectangular inscribed tablet hung over a door or on a wall / shallow round woven bamboo basket
 fēi door with only one leaf
 gé door / to close / whole
 guāng (onom.) bang / door banging shut
 wéi door to women's room / gate to palace
 tà door of an inner room
 qián latch of door / seal
 táng pillar / door post / door or window frame / classifier for doors or windows
 chéng door post
 zuò steps leading to the eastern door
 gé side door / variant of 閣|阁[ge2] / pavilion / cabinet / boudoir
 tà door or window in an upper story
 pēng the sound of opening or closing the door
 tà door or window in an upper story
 jiàn material (such as rocks, earth, bamboo etc) used to hastily repair a dike / (literary) door bar (vertical bar used to prevent the horizontal movement of a door bolt)
 pò mén ér rù to break the door down and enter (idiom)
 jù zhī mén wài to lock one's door and refuse to see sb
 qiāo mén zhuān lit. a brick as a door knocker (idiom) / fig. a temporary expedient / to use sb as a stepping stone to fortune
 tiān yá ruò bǐ lín far-flung realms as next door (idiom) / close in spirit although far away
 duó mén ér chū to rush out through a door (idiom)
 hù shū bù dù lit. a door hinge never becomes worm-eaten / constant activity prevents decay (idiom)
 dù mén bù chū to shut the door and remain inside / fig. to cut off contact
 bì mén guī dòu wicker door, hole window (idiom) / fig. wretched hovel / living in poverty
 bì mén guī dòu wicker door, hole window (idiom) / fig. wretched hovel / living in poverty
 bì mén mì jù lit. lock the door and search for the right word (idiom) / fig. the serious hard work of writing
 kāi mén yī dào leaving the door open invites the thief (idiom) / to invite disaster by giving evildoers a free hand
 Chéng mén lì xuě lit. the snow piles up at Cheng Yi's door (idiom) / fig. deep reverence for one's master
 zhù to store / to stand / space between the door and the entrance screen
 tán huáng mén swing door
Chinese Tones