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)
		 
		
		
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			bù mén 
		department
branch
section
division
CL:個|个[ge4]
		 
		
		
		
		
					
				
		
			mén hù 
		door
strategic gateway
portal
faction
sect
family status
family
web portal
(old) brothel
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			zhuān mén 
		specialist
specialized
customized
		 
		
		
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			mén lèi 
		phylum or division (taxonomy)
		 
		
		
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			rù mén 
		entrance door
to enter a door
introduction (to a subject)
		 
		
		
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			Xià mén 
		Xiamen or Amoy, subprovincial city in Fujian, abbr. 廈|厦[Xia4]
		 
		
		
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			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
		 
		
		
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			zhèng mén 
		main entrance
main gate
portal
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			lěng mén 
		a neglected branch (of arts, science, sports etc)
fig. a complete unknown who wins a competition
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			mén lù 
		way of doing sth
the right social connection
		 
		
		
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			miè mén 
		to exterminate an entire family
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			duì mén 
		the building or room opposite
		 
		
		
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			wǔ huā bā mén 
		myriad
all kinds of
all sorts of
		 
		
		
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			Kǎ mén 
		Carmen (name)
Carmen, 1875 opera by Georges Bizet 比才 based on novel by Prosper Mérimée 梅里美[Mei2 li3 mei3]
		 
		
		
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			dà mén 
		entrance
door
gate
large and influential family
		 
		
		
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			shān mén 
		monastery main gate (Buddhism)
monastery
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			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)
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			Qián mén 
		Qianmen subway station on Beijing Subway Line 2
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			qián mén 
		front door
main entrance
honest and upright approach (as opposed to 後門|后门, back-door or under the counter)
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			chuàn mén 
		to call on sb
to drop in
to visit sb's home
		 
		
		
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			bǎ mén 
		to stand as a goalkeeper
to keep guard on a gate
		 
		
		
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			hòu mén 
		the back door
fig. under the counter (indirect way for influence or pressure)
anus
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			Tiān ān mén 
		Tiananmen Gate, entrance of the Imperial City in Beijing
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			guān mén 
		to close a door
to lock a door
(of a shop etc) to close (for the night, or permanently)
		 
		
		
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			chū mén 
		to go out
to leave home
to go on a journey
away from home
(of a woman) to get married
		 
		
		
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			lín mén 
		to arrive home
facing one's home
home-coming
(soccer) facing the goalmouth
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			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
		 
		
		
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			Sān mén xiá 
		Sanmenxia prefecture level city in Henan
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			qiào mén 
		a trick
an ingenious method
know-how
the knack (of doing sth)
		 
		
		
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			mén piào 
		ticket (for theater, cinema etc)