PINYIN

mén

DEFINITION
  • gate
  • door
  • gateway
  • doorway
  • opening
  • valve
  • switch
  • way to do something
  • knack
  • family
  • house
  • (religious) sect
  • school (of thought)
  • class
  • category
  • classifier for large guns
  • classifier for lessons, subjects, branches of technology
  • (suffix) -gate (i.e. scandal; derived from Watergate)
EXAMPLE
门票 / mén piào 
ticket (for theater, cinema etc)