Chinese word dictionary

杜门

dù mén · to close the door (lit. and fig.)

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Word information

Simplified杜门

Traditional杜門

Pinyindù mén

Part of speechDictionary

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HSK 2.0Not listed

Character breakdown

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杜dù

to prevent, to restrict, to stop; surname

门mén

gate, door, entrance, opening

How to learn 杜门

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Words with the same characters

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出门chūmén

to go out; to leave home; to go on a journey; away from home; (of a woman) to get married

门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); surname Men

门口ménkǒu

doorway; gate; CL:個|个[ge4]

门票ménpiào

ticket (for theater, cinema etc)

部门bùmén

department; branch; section; division; CL:個|个[ge4]

上门shàngmén

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