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Collins Chinese-English Dictionary

[mén]
  1. 1. noun [指出入口] door
    north gate
  2. 2. noun [指开关装置] switch
    switch
  3. 3. noun [门状物]
    cupboard door
    goal
  4. 4. noun [门路] knack
    对于修电脑,他终于摸着点儿了。
    He finally got the hang of repairing computers.
  5. 5. noun [派别] school of thought
    Buddhism
  6. 6. noun [门类] category
  7. 7. measure word
    我选了5课。
    I chose five courses.
    技术
    a skill
    大炮
    a cannon

Comprehensive Chinese-English Dictionary

[mén]
  1. 1. noun door; gate; entrance
    school gate
    a stove door
    a cabinet door
    请走南
    Please use the south entrance.
  2. 2. noun valve; switch
    (electric) switch
  3. 3. noun way to do sth; knack
    我到钢厂劳动了一段时间,对炼钢摸着点儿了。
    After working in the steel mill for a while I got an inkling of how steel is made.
  4. 4. noun family
    王氏
    Mrs. Zhang, née Wang
  5. 5. noun (religious) sect; school (of thought)
    Buddhism
  6. 6. noun relating to the teacher
  7. 7. noun class; category
    别类
    put into different categories; classify
  8. 8. noun [Biology] phylum
    subphylum
    脊椎动物
    vertebrata
  9. 9. noun [Computer Science] computer gate
    “与”
    AND gate
    “非”
    NOT gate
  10. 10. measure word (used for subjects of study, etc.)
    功课
    two subjects; two courses
    学问
    this subject of study
    你选了几课?
    How many courses did you select?
    掌握三技术
    master three skills
  11. 11. measure word (used for cannons)
    大炮
    a piece of artillery; a cannon; a gun
  12. 12. measure word (used for a marriage)
    亲事
    a marriage
  13. 13. measure word (used for relatives)
    亲戚
    a set of relatives
  14. 14. used at the end of a phrase to connotate a scandal or a major event, as in the "Water Gate Scandal"

Contemporary Standard Chinese Dictionary

[mén]
  1. 1. 建筑物或车船、飞机等的出入口;也指安装在出入口可以开关的
    在院墙上开个
    防盗
  2. 2. 器物上可以打开和关闭的部分
    冰箱的坏了
    儿。
  3. 3. 起开关作用或像的东西
  4. 4. 特指人身体的孔窍
  5. 5. 家族或家庭
    抄斩
    长子
  6. 6. 学术、思想或宗教上的派别
    会道
    左道。
  7. 7. 特指老师或师傅的
    弟子
    徒。
  8. 8. 泛指一般事物的类别
    别类
    五花八
  9. 9. 生物学分类范畴的第二级。以上是界,以下是纲、目、科、属、种
    脊索动物
    被子植物
  10. 10. a)用于功课、科学技术等
    课程
    科学
    技术。
  11. 11. b)用于亲戚、婚事等
    亲戚
    亲事。
  12. 12. c)用于火炮
    大炮
    迫击炮。
  13. 13. 途径;诀窍
    不摸
    儿。

Examples

敞着
leave the door open; with the door open
一脚把踹开
kick the door open
吹开了。
The door blew open.
他跌跌撞撞地出了
He staggered out of the house.
别堵着
Don't stand in the doorway!
用肩膀把拱开
push the door open with one's shoulder
他走出了屋子,回手把带上。
He went out of the room and closed the door behind him.
就手把关上。
Close the door behind you.

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