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 保安 bǎo ān to ensure public security / to ensure safety (for workers engaged in production) / public security / security guard 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 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 安检 安檢 ān jiǎn security check (abbr. for 安全檢查|安全检查[an1quan2 jian3cha2]) / to do a security check 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 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 公安 gōng ān (Ministry of) Public Security / public safety / public security 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 门环 門環 mén huán door knocker (in the shape of a ring) 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 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) 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 国家安全局 國家安全局 guó jiā ān quán jú National Security Bureau (NSB) (Tw) / National Security Agency (NSA) (USA) 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) 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 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 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 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 阖 闔 gé door / to close / whole syn 阖 闔 hé door / to close / whole syn 咣 guāng (onom.) bang / door banging shut syn 槛 檻 kǎn door sill / threshold syn 扉 fēi door with only one leaf syn 闱 闈 wéi door to women's room / gate to palace syn 扦 qiān short slender pointed piece of metal, bamboo etc / skewer / prod used to extract samples from sacks of grain etc / (dialect) to stick in / to bolt (a door) / to arrange (flowers in a vase) / to graft (tree) / to pedicure / to peel (an apple etc) 樘 táng pillar / door post / door or window frame / classifier for doors or windows syn 关防 關防 guān fáng security measures (esp. border security) / official seal (esp. military seal during Qing and Ming times) syn 吃闭门羹 吃閉門羹 chī bì mén gēng to be refused entrance (idiom) / to find the door closed syn 便门 便門 biàn mén side door / wicket door 匾 biǎn horizontal rectangular inscribed tablet hung over a door or on a wall / shallow round woven bamboo basket syn 