Chinese words starting with “men”
8 words in our HSK vocabulary start with the syllable men. They are sorted by how common they are, so the ones you are most likely to meet come first. The 2 most useful of them have their own page — they are listed first below.
Initial m · final en · hear the four tones and see example characters →
- 2nd tone 6
- 4th tone 1
- neutral tone 1
Word counts by tone are counted on the first syllable of each word.
Common words with this syllable
- 门口mén kǒuHSK 1
doorway; gate
- 门票mén piàoHSK 1
ticket (for theater, cinema etc)
All 8 words
| # | Word | Pinyin | POS | Meaning | Study list |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 门 | mén | n,q | gate; door; gateway; doorway; 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) | |
| 2 | 们 | men | k | plural marker for pronouns, and nouns referring to individuals | |
| 3 | 闷 | mèn | v,a | bored; depressed; melancholy; sealed; airtight; tightly closed | |
| 4 | 门诊 | mén zhěn | n | outpatient service | |
| 5 | 门槛 | mén kǎn | n | doorstep; sill; threshold; fig. knack or trick (esp. scheme to get sth cheaper) | |
| 6 | 门路 | mén lù | n | way of doing sth; the right social connection | |
| 7 | 门铃 | mén líng | n | doorbell | |
| 8 | 门当户对 | mén dāng hù duì | v | the families are well-matched in terms of social status (idiom); (of a prospective marriage partner) an appropriate match |
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