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Traditional form:

Pinyin (reading):

mén

Definitions:

  • gate
  • door
  • CL:扇 (shàn)
  • gateway
  • doorway
  • CL:個/个 (gè)
  • 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)

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