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门口
ménkǒu
Main
English Definitiondoorway; gate
Simplified Script门口
Traditional Script門口
Pinyinménkǒu
Effective Pinyin
(After Tone Sandhi)
Same
Zhuyin (Bopomofo)ㄇㄣˊ ㄎㄡˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping)mun4hau2
Part of Speech(名) noun
Measure Words
Proficiency Test LevelHSK.v3=1 TOCFL=2
Word Decomposition
méngate; door; gateway; doorway; opening; valve; switch; way to do something; knack; family; house; (religious) sect; school (of thought); class; category; phylum or division (taxonomy); measure word for large guns; measure word for lessons, subjects, branches of technology; (suffix) -gate (i.e. scandal; derived from Watergate); (Chinese surname)
kǒumouth; measure word for things with mouths (people, domestic animals, cannons, wells etc); measure word for bites or mouthfuls

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Words With Same Head Word    
门斗méndòudoor frame
门票ménpiàoticket (for theater, cinema etc)
门诊ménzhěnoutpatient service
门户ménhùdoor; strategic gateway; portal; faction; sect; family status; family; web portal; (old) brothel
门前ménqiánin front of the door
Words With Same Tail Word    
路口lùkǒucrossing; intersection (of roads)
十字路口shízì lùkǒucrossroads; intersection
出口chūkǒuan exit; to speak; to export; (of a ship) to leave port
入口rùkǒuentrance; to import
人口rénkǒupopulation; people
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