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门 mén Home Pinyin shuan

shuān Door bolt; fasten with a door bolt

men Pluralising suffix for personal pronouns

shǎn Dodge; be shaken; sprain; lightning; flash; leave behind

Close; block; end

chuǎng Charge toward; to temper; manoeuvre; incur

hàn Gate to an alley or lane

mén Feel

wèn Ask; ask after; interrogate; intervene; ask for something

jiān Between; within a particular time or space; room; measure word for room

kāng Open space

mēn Stuffy; cover tightly; speechless; muffled; stay indoors

mǐn a surname

rùn Leap year

wéi Side gate to a palace; imperial examination site

xián Idle; unoccupied; leisure

mén Mendelevium (Md)

nào Boisterous; disturbance; vent (anger etc.); happen (ill fortune); be engaged in something; tease

zhá Brake; dam up; floodgate; switch

Valve

Pavilion; boudoir; Cabinet; shelf

guī Boudoir

Estranged

kǎi Open

Alley-way entrance; neighbourhood of lanes

mǐn a river name

Flog

wén Hear; news; famous; reputation; smell something

jiū Lot (as in draw lots)

kǔn Threshold; women's quarters; women

làng a place name

yuè Read; review; undergo

chǎn Make clear

chāng Gate of heaven

Parapet

hūn Gate; gatekeeper

shé Monk

wén An old place name

yān Castrate; eunuch

Threshold

kuò Vast

lán Draw to an end; act without permission

què End; measure word for a section of music

Whole; close

tián Fill up

kàn a surname

hóng Laneway gate; great

è Shut

Argument

yán Lane entrance

kāi Californium (Cf)

Quiet

Upper-floor window

què Watchtower

Despondent

lìn see (马蔺)