Chinese word dictionary

沙门

shā mén · monk (Sanskrit: Sramana, originally refers to north India); Buddhist monk

Practice word

Word information

Simplified沙门

Traditional沙門

Pinyinshā mén

Part of speechDictionary

HSK 3.0Not listed

HSK 2.0Not listed

Character breakdown

Study each Hanzi separately, then return to the complete word so pronunciation, meaning, and movement stay connected.

沙shā

sand, gravel, pebbles; granulated

门mén

gate, door, entrance, opening

How to learn 沙门

Listen once without reading, repeat the pinyin with its tones, then write every character in sequence. Finally, recall the complete meaning instead of memorizing each character as an isolated translation.

When the word appears in a sentence, check whether its part of speech and meaning match the definition shown here. Chinese words can change nuance with context.

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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)

沙发shāfā

(loanword) sofa (CL:條|条[tiao2],張|张[zhang1]); (Internet slang) first reply to a forum post

部门bùmén

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