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 收养 收養 shōu yǎng to take in and care for (an elderly person, a dog etc) / to adopt (a child) / adoption syn 热狗 熱狗 rè gǒu hot dog (loanword) 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 猎犬 獵犬 liè quǎn hound / hunting dog syn 锁门 鎖門 suǒ mén to lock the door 临死 臨死 lín sǐ facing death / at death's door 走狗 zǒu gǒu hunting dog / hound / (fig.) running dog / lackey syn 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 警犬 jǐng quǎn police dog 邻家 鄰家 lín jiā next-door neighbor / neighboring household syn 猎狗 獵狗 liè gǒu hunting dog syn 门户 門戶 mén hù door / strategic gateway / portal / faction / sect / family status / family / web portal / (old) brothel syn 汪汪 wāng wāng gleaming with tears / woof woof (sound of a dog barking) / (literary) (of a body of water) broad and deep 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 拱门 拱門 gǒng mén arched door 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 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 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 狗肉 gǒu ròu dog meat 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 狗腿子 gǒu tuǐ zi dog's leg / fig. one who follows a villain / henchman / hired thug syn 哈巴狗 hǎ bā gǒu pekingese (dog) / (fig.) sycophant / lackey syn 边门 邊門 biān mén side door / wicket door syn 爱犬 愛犬 ài quǎn beloved pet dog 门神 門神 mén shén door god 猫眼 貓眼 māo yǎn peephole (in a door) / (mineralogy) chrysoberyl 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 比邻 比鄰 bǐ lín (literary) next-door neighbor / near / next to / Taiwan pr. [bi4lin2] syn 野狗 yě gǒu wild dog / feral dog / stray dog 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 狗年 gǒu nián Year of the Dog (e.g. 2006) 狼心狗肺 láng xīn gǒu fèi lit. heart of wolf and lungs of dog (idiom) / cruel and unscrupulous 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) 哈士奇 hā shì qí husky (sled dog) 叩门 叩門 kòu mén to knock on a door syn 挂羊头卖狗肉 掛羊頭賣狗肉 guà yáng tóu mài gǒu ròu lit. to hang a sheep's head while selling dog meat (idiom) / fig. to cheat / dishonest advertising / wicked deeds carried out under banner of virtue 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) 长毛 長毛 cháng máo long-wool (sheep etc) / long-haired (dog etc) 闭门 閉門 bì mén to close a door 狗屎 gǒu shǐ canine excrement / dog poo / bullshit 狗日 gǒu rì lit. fucked or spawned by a dog / contemptible / lousy, fucking 流浪狗 liú làng gǒu stray dog 猪狗 豬狗 zhū gǒu pig-dog (intended as insult) / Schweinhund 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] 狗粮 狗糧 gǒu liáng dog food / (Internet slang) public display of affection (term used by singles 單身狗|单身狗[dan1 shen1 gou3] forced to "eat" it) 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 吉娃娃 jí wá wa Chihuahua (dog) 卷门 捲門 juǎn mén rolling door / roll-up shutter (of a shopfront, garage, warehouse etc) 导盲犬 導盲犬 dǎo máng quǎn guide dog (for the blind) / Seeing Eye dog 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) 遛狗 liù gǒu to walk a dog 门扇 門扇 mén shàn door / the opening panel of a door syn 斑点狗 斑點狗 bān diǎn gǒu Dalmatian (dog breed) 盈门 盈門 yíng mén lit. fill the door / fill the house (at a wedding or auspicious occasion) 折线 折線 zhé xiàn broken line (continuous figure made up of straight line segments) / polygonal line / dog leg 打落水狗 dǎ luò shuǐ gǒu lit. to beat a drowning dog (idiom) / fig. to pulverize an (already defeated) enemy / to hit sb when he's down syn 六畜 liù chù six domestic animals, namely: pig, cow, sheep, horse, chicken and dog syn 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 狗咬狗 gǒu yǎo gǒu dog-eat-dog / dogfight 巴哥 bā gē pug (breed of dog) 栅门 柵門 zhà mén gate / door with grating / turnstile / logical gate (electronics) 