门
Meanings
1. gate; door; doorway; gateway; opening (CL:扇 (shàn))
2. valve; switch; other door-like or gate-like structure
3. way to do sth; knack; method; approach
4. family; household; lineage
5. (bound form) sect; school; faction (religious or academic)
6. (bound form) class; category; division; phylum
7. classifier for courses, fields of study, branches of technology, relatives by marriage, guns etc
8. (suffix) -gate (scandal)
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Examples105
你 为什么 想 学习 那 门 语言?
Why do you want to learn that language?
那 解释 了 为什么 门 是 开 着 的。
That accounts for why the door was open.
学习 一 门 语言 最好 的 方法 是 什么?
What's the best way to learn a language?
英语 成为 了 一 门 国际 语言。
English has become an international language.
这 门 怎样 都 打 不 开。
The door won't open.
所以 你 也 打算 选 这 门 课程 啊!
So you're planning to follow this course as well!