HSK 2 · Common Things

门 mén “door” in Chinese

Traditional 門

What 门 means

  1. door
  2. gate
  3. doorway
  4. gateway
  5. opening
More meanings from CC-CEDICT
  • valve
  • switch
  • other door-like or gate-like structure
  • way to do sth
  • knack
  • method

How to say 门

  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale门mén2nd tone, rising

门 in a sentence

  1. 您能开一下门吗？

    Nín néng kāi yíxià mén ma?

    Could you open the door, please?

    Sentence #1753100 from Tatoeba

  2. 门没有关好。

    Mén méiyǒu guānhǎo.

    The door isn’t shut properly.

    Sentence #12884221 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  3. 请敲门。

    Qǐng qiāomén.

    Please knock on the door.

    Sentence #472974 from Tatoeba

How 门 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 门 (mén) drawn as one shape
门méngate; door; doorway; gateway; opening

门 is a single shape of 3 strokes. Learn it whole, then watch its stroke order below.

Memory aidSimplified from 門, drawn from a gate with two doors.

How to write 门

门 3 strokes

Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.

门 (mén) stroke order chart: each stroke of the character in the order you write it
Stroke order chart for 门 (mén). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 门

Words with 门

出门chūmén · to go out门口ménkǒu · doorway门票ménpiào · entrance ticket (for an attraction专门zhuānmén · specially部门bùmén · department热门rèmén · popular窍门qiàomén · knack

More words: Everyday Things

汉语Hànyǔ · Mandarin (Han language)报纸bàozhǐ · newspaper考试kǎoshì · exam课kè · class票piào · ticket铅笔qiānbǐ · pencil手表shǒubiǎo · watch手机shǒujī · mobile phone

FAQs

门 (mén) means “door” or “gate”. It is an HSK 2 word, so it is one of the words learners meet early.
Say it mén: mén with a 2nd tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
In Traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, 门 is written 門. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type men with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 门 from the suggestions. Typing men into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
门 is an HSK 2 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

Turn words into conversations

A dictionary gives you the words. A native teacher shows you how to use them. Start with a free 30-minute intro call.

Book a free intro call

Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.