扃 jiōng (literary) to shut or bolt a door / door syn 𠳐 bāng (onom.) bang (door slamming shut etc) / rat-a-tat (knocking on a door etc) 关闭 關閉 guān bì to close / to shut (a window etc) / (of a shop, school etc) to shut down syn 住口 zhù kǒu shut up / shut your mouth / stop talking syn 关 關 guān mountain pass / to close / to shut / to turn off / to confine / to lock (sb) up / to shut (sb in a room, a bird in a cage etc) / to concern / to involve syn 杜门不出 杜門不出 dù mén bù chū to shut the door and remain inside / fig. to cut off contact 关门打狗 關門打狗 guān mén dǎ gǒu lit. shut the door and beat the dog (idiom) / fig. seal off the enemy's avenue of retreat, then strike hard 关严 關嚴 guān yán to close (a window) completely / to shut (a door) properly / to turn off (a faucet) tightly 虚掩 虛掩 xū yǎn to partially obscure / (of a door, gate or window) slightly open / ajar / not fully shut / unlocked / (of a jacket or shirt) unbuttoned syn 开锣喝道 開鑼喝道 kāi luó hè dào to clear a street by banging gongs and shouting loudly (idiom) 敲敲打打 qiāo qiāo dǎ dǎ to make a continual banging sound / (fig.) to provoke with words syn 东一榔头西一棒子 東一榔頭西一棒子 dōng yī láng tóu xī yī bàng zi banging away clumsily in all directions with no overall vision 响头 響頭 xiǎng tóu to bump one's head / to kowtow with head-banging on the ground 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 车门 車門 chē mén car door / door of bus, railway carriage etc 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 后门 後門 hòu mén back door / back gate / (fig.) back-door influence / under-the-table dealings / anus / (computing) backdoor 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 偏门 偏門 piān mén side door / doing things by the side door (i.e. dishonestly) 门闩 門閂 mén shuān horizontal bar to hold a door closed (made of wood or metal) / door bolt syn 门扇 門扇 mén shàn door / the opening panel of a door syn 边门 邊門 biān mén side door / wicket door 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 便门 便門 biàn mén side door / wicket door 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 樘 táng pillar / door post / door or window frame / classifier for doors or windows syn 楗 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) 椳 wēi the pivots, at the top and bottom of a Chinese door, on which the door turns 吊门 吊門 diào mén an overhung door / a door that hinges upwards 挨门 挨門 āi mén from door to door, one by one 门到门 門到門 mén dào mén door to door 门边框 門邊框 mén biān kuàng door frame / door pillars 铁将军把门 鐵將軍把門 tiě jiāng jūn bǎ mén lit. General Iron is guarding the door (idiom) / fig. the door is padlocked — nobody inside 闭上 閉上 bì shang to close / to shut up 关掉 關掉 guān diào to switch off / to shut off syn 闭嘴 閉嘴 bì zuǐ Shut up! / same as 閉上嘴巴|闭上嘴巴 封杀 封殺 fēng shā to shut out / to block / to smother 停机 停機 tíng jī (of a machine) to stop / to shut down / to park a plane / to finish shooting (a TV program etc) / to suspend a phone line / (of a prepaid mobile phone) to be out of credit 停工 tíng gōng to stop work / to shut down / to stop production 闭起 閉起 bì qǐ to shut 停办 停辦 tíng bàn to shut down / to terminate / to cancel / to go out of business 住嘴 zhù zuǐ to hold one's tongue / Shut up! syn 关停 關停 guān tíng (of a power plant, refinery etc) to shut down 闭门造车 閉門造車 bì mén zào chē lit. to shut oneself away and build a cart (idiom) / fig. to work on a project in isolation, without caring for outside realities 法制晚报 法製晚報 fǎ zhì wǎn bào Legal Evening News, a Beijing-based legal affairs newspaper launched in 2004 and shut down in 2019 闭门思过 閉門思過 bì mén sī guò shut oneself up and ponder over one's mistakes syn 闭 閉 bì to close / to stop up / to shut / to obstruct syn 闷 悶 mēn stuffy / shut indoors / to smother / to cover tightly syn 闭目塞听 閉目塞聽 bì mù sè tīng to shut one's eyes and stop one's ears / out of touch with reality / to bury one's head in the sand syn 少啰唆 少囉唆 shǎo luō suō Shut up! / Stop grumbling! / Give me a break! 退关 退關 tuì guān shut-out, container or consigment not carried on the intended vessel or aircraft 闭上嘴巴 閉上嘴巴 bì shang zuǐ bā Shut up! 关厂 關廠 guān chǎng to shut down (a factory) / to close a facility / a lockout 完封 wán fēng (baseball etc) shutout / to shut out (the opposing team) 唫 jìn to stutter / to shut one's mouth / Taiwan pr. [yin2] 靠腰 kào yāo (lit.) to cry from hunger (from Taiwanese 哭枵, Tai-lo pr. [khàu-iau]) / (Tw) (slang) to whine / shut the hell up! / fuck! / damn! 靠北 kào běi (Tw) (slang) to rattle on / to carp / stop whining! / shut the hell up! / fuck! / damn! (from Taiwanese 哭爸, Tai-lo pr. [khàu-pē], "to cry over one's dad's death") 收声 收聲 shōu shēng (Cantonese) to stop talking / to shut up 开服 開服 kāi fú to start the servers (for an online game, typically after the system has been shut down for maintenance, upgrade etc) 管住嘴迈开腿 管住嘴邁開腿 guǎn zhù zuǐ mài kāi tuǐ lit. shut your mouth, move your legs (motto for losing weight) 关断 關斷 guān duàn to shut off 停服 tíng fú to shut down a server / (of a service) to terminate / to stop taking (a medicine) 断网 斷網 duàn wǎng to cut off access to the Internet / to shut down the Internet 走出 zǒu chū to leave (a room etc) / to go out through (a door etc) 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 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 大门 大門 dà mén entrance / door / gate / large and influential family 门户 門戶 mén hù door / strategic gateway / portal / faction / sect / family status / family / web portal / (old) brothel syn 门外 門外 mén wài outside the door 开门 開門 kāi mén to open a door (lit. and fig.) / to open for business 门前 門前 mén qián in front of the door 房门 房門 fáng mén door of a room 隔壁 gé bì next door / neighbor syn 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 家门 家門 jiā mén house door / family clan syn 关上 關上 guān shàng to close (a door) / to turn off (light, electrical equipment etc) syn 敲门 敲門 qiāo mén to knock on a door syn 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) 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) 临死 臨死 lín sǐ facing death / at death's door 门锁 門鎖 mén suǒ door lock 防盗门 防盜門 fáng dào mén security door 邻家 鄰家 lín jiā next-door neighbor / neighboring household syn 找上门 找上門 zhǎo shàng mén to come to sb's door / to call on sb syn 门牌 門牌 mén pái door plate / house number 闭门 閉門 bì mén to close a door 猫眼 貓眼 māo yǎn peephole (in a door) / (mineralogy) chrysoberyl 门框 門框 mén kuàng door frame 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 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 门神 門神 mén shén door god 拱门 拱門 gǒng mén arched 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 侧门 側門 cè mén side door 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 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 