门 門 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) syn 开门 開門 kāi mén to open a door (lit. and fig.) / to open for business 关门 關門 guān mén to close a door / to lock a door / (of a shop etc) to close (for the night, or permanently) syn 关上 關上 guān shàng to close (a door) / to turn off (light, electrical equipment etc) syn 隔壁 gé bì next door / neighbor syn 大门 大門 dà mén entrance / door / gate / large and influential family 后门 後門 hòu mén back door / back gate / (fig.) back-door influence / under-the-table dealings / anus / (computing) backdoor syn 锁定 鎖定 suǒ dìng to lock (a door) / to close with a latch / to lock into place / a lock / a latch / to lock a computer file (to prevent it being overwritten) / to lock (denying access to a computer system or device or files, e.g. by password-protection) / to focus attention on / to target 敲门 敲門 qiāo mén to knock on a door syn 上门 上門 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 syn 前门 前門 qián mén front door / main entrance / honest and upright approach (as opposed to 後門|后门, back-door or under the counter) 门外 門外 mén wài outside the door 门锁 門鎖 mén suǒ door lock 家门 家門 jiā mén house door / family clan syn 车门 車門 chē mén car door / door of bus, railway carriage etc 门前 門前 mén qián in front of the door 锁门 鎖門 suǒ mén to lock the door 野猫 野貓 yě māo wildcat / stray cat syn 临死 臨死 lín sǐ facing death / at death's door 找上门 找上門 zhǎo shàng mén to come to sb's door / to call on sb syn 房门 房門 fáng mén door of a room 开门见山 開門見山 kāi mén jiàn shān lit. to open the door and see the mountain / fig. to get right to the point (idiom) syn 邻家 鄰家 lín jiā next-door neighbor / neighboring household syn 门户 門戶 mén hù door / strategic gateway / portal / faction / sect / family status / family / web portal / (old) brothel syn 破门 破門 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) 入门 入門 rù mén entrance door / to enter a door / to learn the basics of a subject / introduction (to a subject) / (attributive) entry-level 侧门 側門 cè mén side door syn 露馅 露餡 lòu xiàn to leak / to expose (sb's secret) / to spill the beans / to let the cat out of the bag 拱门 拱門 gǒng mén arched door 马脚 馬腳 mǎ jiǎo sth one wishes to conceal / the cat (as in "let the cat out of the bag") syn 走后门 走後門 zǒu hòu mén (lit.) to enter through the back door / (fig.) to pull strings / to use connections / (fig.) (slang) to have anal sex syn 苟延残喘 苟延殘喘 gǒu yán cán chuǎn to struggle on whilst at death's door (idiom) syn 飞贼 飛賊 fēi zéi cat burglar / burglar who gains entrance by scaling walls / intruding enemy airman / air marauder syn 亡羊补牢 亡羊補牢 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 syn 山猫 山貓 shān māo lynx / bobcat / leopard cat syn 门闩 門閂 mén shuān horizontal bar to hold a door closed (made of wood or metal) / door bolt syn 门牌 門牌 mén pái door plate / house number 门框 門框 mén kuàng door frame 旋转门 旋轉門 xuán zhuǎn mén revolving door 碰壁 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 syn 边门 邊門 biān mén side door / wicket door syn 门神 門神 mén shén door god 猫眼 貓眼 māo yǎn peephole (in a door) / (mineralogy) chrysoberyl 波斯猫 波斯貓 bō sī māo Persian (cat) 防盗门 防盜門 fáng dào mén security door 门环 門環 mén huán door knocker (in the shape of a ring) syn 狸猫 狸貓 lí māo leopard cat / raccoon dog / palm civet syn 门楣 門楣 mén méi lintel (of a door) / fig. family's social status syn 绝处逢生 絕處逢生 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 syn 灵猫 靈貓 líng māo civet (arboreal cat) / viverrid (mammal group including mongoose and civet) 比邻 比鄰 bǐ lín (literary) next-door neighbor / near / next to / Taiwan pr. [bi4lin2] syn 左邻右舍 左鄰右舍 zuǒ lín yòu shè neighbors / next-door neighbors / related work units / colleagues doing related work syn 门可罗雀 門可羅雀 mén kě luó què lit. you can net sparrows at the door (idiom) / fig. completely deserted syn 旁门 旁門 páng mén side door syn 走马灯 走馬燈 zǒu mǎ dēng lantern with a carousel of paper horses rotating under convection, used at Lantern Festival 元宵節|元宵节[Yuan2 xiao1 jie2] / (fig.) revolving door / musical chairs (metaphor for people being shuffled around into different jobs) 叩门 叩門 kòu mén to knock on a door syn 走出 zǒu chū to leave (a room etc) / to go out through (a door etc) 进门 進門 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 摘下 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) 呼噜 呼嚕 hū lū (onom.) sound of snoring, wheezing or (cat's) purring syn 闭门 閉門 bì mén to close a door 敲开 敲開 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 ~ syn 门把 門把 mén bǎ door knob / door handle / also pr. [men2 ba4] 卷帘门 捲帘門 juǎn lián mén roll-up door / roller shutter door 拧开 擰開 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 卷门 捲門 juǎn mén rolling door / roll-up shutter (of a shopfront, garage, warehouse etc) 加封 jiā fēng to seal up (a door with a paper seal, or a document) / to confer an additional title on a nobleman 推拉门 推拉門 tuī lā mén sliding door 偏门 偏門 piān mén side door / doing things by the side door (i.e. dishonestly) 帘幕 lián mù hanging screen / curtain over shop door (for privacy and serving as advertisement) syn 探身 tàn shēn to lean forward / to lean out (of a window, door etc) 门扇 門扇 mén shàn door / the opening panel of a door syn 盈门 盈門 yíng mén lit. fill the door / fill the house (at a wedding or auspicious occasion) 家猫 家貓 jiā māo domestic cat / house cat 石虎 shí hǔ leopard cat (Prionailurus bengalensis) / sculpted stone tiger installed at the tomb of revered figures in ancient times to ward off evil spirits 下逐客令 xià zhú kè lìng to ask sb to leave / to show sb the door / to give a tenant notice to leave 招财猫 招財貓 zhāo cái māo maneki-neko or "lucky cat", Japanese figurine cat usually found at the entrance of shops, restaurants etc, believed to bring good fortune 栅门 柵門 zhà mén gate / door with grating / turnstile / logical gate (electronics) 邻舍 鄰舍 lín shè neighbor / person next door syn 命在旦夕 mìng zài dàn xī to be at death's door (idiom) syn 撬门 撬門 qiào mén to break in / to force a door 猫 貓 māo cat (CL:隻|只[zhi1]) / (dialect) to hide oneself / (loanword) (coll.) modem 咪 mī sound for calling a cat 暗 闇 àn (literary) to close (a door) / to eclipse / confused / ignorant (variant of 暗[an4]) / dark (variant of 暗[an4]) syn 户 戶 hù a household / door / family syn 铺 鋪 pū to spread / to display / to set up / (old) holder for door-knocker syn 框 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] syn 㝉 宁 zhù to store / to stand / space between the door and the entrance screen 喵 miāo (onom.) meow / cat's mewing syn 破门而入 破門而入 pò mén ér rù to break the door down and enter (idiom) 咚 dōng (onom.) boom (of a drum) / knock (on the door) syn 拒之门外 拒之門外 jù zhī mén wài to lock one's door and refuse to see sb 闺 閨 guī small arched door / boudoir / lady's chamber / (fig.) women 掩 yǎn to cover up / to conceal / to close (a door, book etc) / (coll.) to get (one's fingers etc) caught when closing a door or lid / (literary) to launch a surprise attack syn 辟 闢 pì to open (a door) / to open up (for development) / to dispel / to refute / to repudiate / (bound form) penetrating / incisive syn 擂 léi to pound (with a mortar and pestle) / to hit (a person) / to beat (a drum) / to bang on (a door) / (dialect) to scold syn 开后门 開後門 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 syn 转门 轉門 zhuàn mén revolving door / turnstile 阑 闌 lán railing / balustrade / door-screen / exhausted / late syn 