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 英尺 yīng chǐ foot (unit of length equal to 0.3048 m) 走路 zǒu lù to walk / to go on foot / to leave / to depart / (informal) to clear off / to beat it / (of sb who gets fired or resigns) to leave the job / to get out syn 浑身 渾身 hún shēn all over / from head to foot syn 手脚 手腳 shǒu jiǎo hand and foot / movement of limbs / action / trick / step in a procedure (CL:道[dao4]) syn 脚下 腳下 jiǎo xià under the foot syn 步行 bù xíng to go on foot / to walk syn 开关 開關 kāi guān power switch / gas valve / to open the city (or frontier) gate / to open and close / to switch on and off syn 徒步 tú bù to be on foot syn 临终 臨終 lín zhōng approaching one's end / with one foot in the grave syn 平方 píng fāng square (as in square foot, square mile, square root) 步兵 bù bīng infantry / foot / infantryman / foot soldier syn 脚尖 腳尖 jiǎo jiān the extremity of the foot 行人 xíng rén pedestrian / traveler on foot / passer-by / official responsible for arranging audiences with the emperor syn 活塞 huó sāi piston / valve syn 阀门 閥門 fá mén valve (mechanical) syn 涉足 shè zú to set foot in / to step into / to become involved for the first time syn 得寸进尺 得寸進尺 dé cùn jìn chǐ lit. win an inch, want a foot (idiom) / fig. not satisfied with small gains / give him an inch, and he'll want a mile syn 掏腰包 tāo yāo bāo to dip into one's pocket / to pay out of pocket / to foot the bill syn 踏足 tà zú to set foot on (a foreign land etc) / to tread / (fig.) to enter (a new sphere) syn 后跟 後跟 hòu gēn heel (part of a foot) / heel (of a sock) / counter (the part of a shoe that cups the back of one's heel) / followed by (used in describing a format, such as "filename followed by file extension") syn 踏进 踏進 tà jìn to set foot in / to tread (in or on) / to walk into 脚板 腳板 jiǎo bǎn the sole of the foot syn 山脚 山腳 shān jiǎo foot of a mountain syn 脚掌 腳掌 jiǎo zhǎng the sole of the foot syn 小卒 xiǎo zú foot soldier / minor figure / a nobody / (chess) pawn syn 瓣膜 bàn mó valve (biological) syn 踏上 tà shàng to set foot on / to step on or into syn 拨弄 撥弄 bō nòng to move to and fro (with hand, foot, stick etc) / to fiddle with / to stir up syn 湿气 濕氣 shī qì moisture / humidity / athlete's foot / tinea / eczema syn 脚丫子 腳丫子 jiǎo yā zi (coll.) foot syn 前脚 前腳 qián jiǎo one moment ..., (the next ...) / leading foot (in walking) 鸡眼 雞眼 jī yǎn corn (callus on the foot) 缩手缩脚 縮手縮腳 suō shǒu suō jiǎo bound hand and foot (idiom) / constrained syn 脚气 腳氣 jiǎo qì athlete's foot / tinea pedis / beriberi syn 气门 氣門 qì mén valve (esp. tire valve) / accelerator (obsolete term for 油門|油门) / stigma (zool.) / spiracle 电子管 電子管 diàn zǐ guǎn valve (electronics) / vacuum tube syn 安全阀 安全閥 ān quán fá safety valve 脚背 腳背 jiǎo bèi instep (upper surface of the foot) syn 风烛残年 風燭殘年 fēng zhú cán nián one's late days / to have one foot in the grave syn 足下 zú xià you (used to a superior or between persons of the same generation) / below the foot syn 脚心 腳心 jiǎo xīn arch of the foot 节流 節流 jié liú to control flow / to choke / weir valve / a throttle / a choke 墙根 牆根 qiáng gēn foot of a wall 脚面 腳面 jiǎo miàn instep (upper surface of the foot) syn 电磁阀 電磁閥 diàn cí fá solenoid valve 球阀 球閥 qiú fá ball valve 足浴 zú yù foot bath 足疗 足療 zú liáo foot massage 商祺 shāng qí business is auspicious / conventional greeting at the foot of a letter: May your business go well! 后脚 後腳 hòu jiǎo (one moment ...,) the next ... / trailing foot (in walking) 口蹄疫 kǒu tí yì foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) / aphthous fever 足尖 zú jiān tip of the foot / toes 缠足 纏足 chán zú foot-binding 脚踏两条船 腳踏兩條船 jiǎo tà liǎng tiáo chuán lit. to stand with each foot in a different boat (idiom) / fig. to have it both ways / to run after two hares / (especially) to have two lovers at the same time 行将就木 行將就木 xíng jiāng jiù mù to approach one's coffin (idiom) / with one foot in the grave syn 脚 腳 jiǎo foot / leg (of an animal or an object) / base (of an object) / CL:雙|双[shuang1],隻|只[zhi1] / classifier for kicks syn 顿 頓 dùn to stop / to pause / to arrange / to lay out / to kowtow / to stamp (one's foot) / at once / classifier for meals, beatings, scoldings etc: time, bout, spell, meal syn 登 dēng to scale (a height) / to ascend / to mount / to publish or record / to enter (e.g. in a register) / to press down with the foot / to step or tread on / to put on (shoes or trousers) (dialect) / to be gathered and taken to the threshing ground (old) syn 拨 撥 bō to push aside with the hand, foot, a stick etc / to dial / to allocate / to set aside (money) / to poke (the fire) / to pluck (a string instrument) / to turn round / classifier: group, batch syn 掌 zhǎng palm of the hand / sole of the foot / paw / horseshoe / to slap / to hold in one's hand / to wield syn 足 zú (bound form) foot / leg / sufficient / ample / as much as / fully syn 尺 chǐ a Chinese foot / one-third of a meter / a ruler / a tape-measure / one of the three acupoints for measuring pulse in Chinese medicine / CL:支[zhi1],把[ba3] syn 爪 zhǎo foot of a bird or animal / paw / claws / talons syn 徒 tú disciple / apprentice / believer / on foot / bare / empty / to no avail / only / prison sentence syn 阀 閥 fá powerful individual, family or group / clique / (loanword) valve syn 瓣 bàn petal / segment / clove (of garlic) / piece / section / fragment / valve / lamella / classifier for pieces, segments etc syn 活门 活門 huó mén valve syn 足不出户 足不出戶 zú bù chū hù lit. not putting a foot outside / to stay at home 跷 蹺 qiāo variant of 蹺|跷[qiao1] / to raise one's foot / stilts syn 露马脚 露馬腳 lòu mǎ jiǎo to reveal the cloven foot (idiom) / to unmask one's true nature / to give the game away syn 香港脚 香港腳 xiāng gǎng jiǎo athlete's foot 走卒 zǒu zú pawn (i.e. foot soldier) / servant / lackey (of malefactor) syn 跖 zhí metatarsus / (literary) sole of the foot / (literary) to tread on syn 脚癣 腳癬 jiǎo xuǎn athlete's foot syn 裹脚 裹腳 guǒ jiǎo foot-binding / long strip of cloth used for foot-binding 缠脚 foot binding / foot-binding 爪 zhuǎ (coll.) foot of an animal or bird / (coll.) foot supporting a cooking pot etc syn 麓 lù foot of a hill syn 蹀 dié to tread on / to stamp one's foot 罨 yǎn foment / valve syn 陬 zōu corner / foot of mountain syn 蹻 qiāo raise one's foot 蹠 zhí metatarsus / sole of foot / to tread on 跐 cǐ to trample / to step / to walk on the ball of the foot 二尖瓣 èr jiān bàn mitral valve (physiology) 调门 調門 tiáo mén valve 腄 chuí callus on the hand or foot / upper leg bone of horse or bird / buttocks 跂 jī foot 安步当车 安步當車 ān bù dàng chē to go on foot (idiom) / to do things at a leisurely pace 逍遥自得 逍遙自得 xiāo yáo zì dé doing as one pleases (idiom) / foot-loose and fancy free syn 郑人买履 鄭人買履 zhèng rén mǎi lǚ lit. the person from Zheng 鄭|郑[Zheng4] who wanted to buy shoes (an allusion to an ancient story about somebody who, when buying a pair of shoes, preferred to rely on their foot measurements rather than just trying them on) (idiom) / fig. disregarding the sensible approach in favor of adherence to a fixed idea 脚踏两只船 腳踏兩隻船 jiǎo tà liǎng zhī chuán to have a foot in both camps / to have a bet each way / to be having an affair 顶阀 頂閥 dǐng fá top valve / head valve 闸阀 閘閥 zhá fá gate valve / sluice valve 魔高一丈，道高一尺 mó gāo yī zhàng , dào gāo yī chǐ the devil is ten foot tall, virtue one foot (idiom) / It takes constant vigilance to stave off evil. 大陆坡脚点 foot of the slope point / foot of slope point / FOS point 大陆坡脚线 大陸坡腳線 foot of the slope line / foot of slope line / FOS line 三寸金莲 三寸金蓮 sān cùn jīn lián (historical) bound foot (esp. one only three inches long, considered the ideal size of a woman's foot) 