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 屏幕 píng mù screen (TV, computer or movie) 隔壁 gé bì next door / neighbor syn 掩护 掩護 yǎn hù to screen / to shield / to cover / protection / cover / CL:面[mian4] syn 找上门 找上門 zhǎo shàng mén to come to sb's door / to call on sb syn 视屏 視屏 shì píng screen (of a TV, computer etc) 试镜 試鏡 shì jìng to take a screen test / to audition / screen test / audition / tryout 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 萧墙 蕭牆 xiāo qiáng (literary) screen wall shielding an entrance in traditional Chinese architecture syn 吃闭门羹 吃閉門羹 chī bì mén gēng to be refused entrance (idiom) / to find the door closed syn 弹幕 彈幕 dàn mù barrage (military) / "bullet screen", function which allows viewers to post on-screen comments in videos, movies etc in real time / danmaku (video game subgenre) 暗 闇 àn (literary) to close (a door) / to eclipse / confused / ignorant (variant of 暗[an4]) / dark (variant of 暗[an4]) syn 铺 鋪 pū to spread / to display / to set up / (old) holder for door-knocker syn 画面 畫面 huà miàn scene / tableau / picture / image / screen (displayed by a computer) / (motion picture) frame / field of view syn 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 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 上演 shàng yǎn to screen (a movie) / to stage (a play) / a screening / a staging syn 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 上映 shàng yìng to screen / to show (a movie) syn 显示屏 顯示屏 xiǎn shì píng display screen 屏蔽 píng bì to screen / to block (sth or sb) / to shield / (protective) shield syn 房门 房門 fáng mén door of a room 视窗 視窗 shì chuāng a window (on a computer screen) 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 车门 車門 chē mén car door / door of bus, railway carriage etc 关上 關上 guān shàng to close (a door) / to turn off (light, electrical equipment etc) syn 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 敲门 敲門 qiāo mén to knock on a door syn 放映 fàng yìng to show (a movie) / to screen syn 萤幕 螢幕 yíng mù screen (of a TV, computer etc) (Tw) 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) 银幕 銀幕 yín mù movie screen 审定 審定 shěn dìng to examine sth and make a decision / to screen / to evaluate / to approve syn 对比度 對比度 duì bǐ dù contrast (balance of black and white in TV screen setup) / degree of contrast 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 液晶屏 yè jīng píng liquid crystal screen 屏风 屏風 píng fēng (furniture) screen syn 防盗门 防盜門 fáng dào mén security door 荧屏 熒屏 yíng píng fluorescent screen / TV screen 邻家 鄰家 lín jiā next-door neighbor / neighboring household 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) 天龙八部 天龍八部 tiān lóng bā bù Demigods and Semidevils, wuxia novel by Jin Yong 金庸[Jin1 Yong1] and its TV and screen adaptations 丝网 絲網 sī wǎng silk screen / screen (printing) 甄别 甄別 zhēn bié to screen / to discriminate / to reexamine a case / screening (of applicants etc) 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 荧幕 熒幕 yíng mù TV screen 纱窗 紗窗 shā chuāng screen window 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 挡风玻璃 擋風玻璃 dǎng fēng bō li windshield / wind screen 侧门 側門 cè mén side door syn 筛查 篩查 shāi chá to screen (for disease etc) 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 锁门 鎖門 suǒ mén to lock the door 门把 門把 mén bǎ door knob / door handle / also pr. [men2 ba4] 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) 比邻 比鄰 bǐ lín (literary) next-door neighbor / near / next to / Taiwan pr. [bi4lin2] syn 门楣 門楣 mén méi lintel (of a door) / fig. family's social status syn 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 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 卷门 捲門 juǎn mén rolling door / roll-up shutter (of a shopfront, garage, warehouse etc) 掩蔽 yǎn bì shelter / screen / cover / protection 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 叩门 叩門 kòu mén to knock on a door syn 加封 jiā fēng to seal up (a door with a paper seal, or a document) / to confer an additional title on a nobleman 银屏 銀屏 yín píng television / TV screen / the silver screen 照壁 zhào bì a screen wall across the gate of a house (for privacy) syn 荧光屏 熒光屏 yíng guāng píng fluorescent screen / TV screen 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 门闩 門閂 mén shuān horizontal bar to hold a door closed (made of wood or metal) / door bolt syn 探身 tàn shēn to lean forward / to lean out (of a window, door etc) 影剧 影劇 yǐng jù film and theater / screen and stage 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) 旁门 旁門 páng mén side door 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 过筛 過篩 guò shāi to put through a sieve / to sift (flour etc) / to strain (a liquid) / (fig.) to screen / to filter / to select 旋转门 旋轉門 xuán zhuǎn mén revolving door 