調門

调门
tiáomén
valve

CEDICT

Homographs

調門 diàomén
  1. melody
  2. pitch or key (music)
  3. tone
  4. style
  5. point of view

Entry Composition

1 調 tiáo
  1. to harmonize
  2. to reconcile
  3. to blend
  4. to suit well
  5. to adjust
  6. to regulate
  7. to season (food)
  8. to provoke
  9. to incite
2 門 mén
  1. gate
  2. door
  3. gateway
  4. doorway
  5. opening
  6. valve
  7. switch
  8. way to do something
  9. knack
  10. family
  11. house
  12. (religious) sect
  13. school (of thought)
  14. class
  15. category
  16. phylum or division (taxonomy)
  17. classifier for large guns
  18. classifier for lessons, subjects, branches of technology
  19. (suffix) -gate (i.e. scandal; derived from Watergate)

classifiers: 扇, 個

Related entries

氣門 qìmén
  1. valve (esp. tire valve)
  2. accelerator (obsolete term for 油門)
  3. stigma (zool.)
  4. spiracle
活瓣 huóbàn valve
活門 huómén valve
瓣膜 bànmó valve (biological)
閥門 fámén valve (mechanical)
電子管 diànzǐguǎn
  1. valve (electronics)
  2. vacuum tube
罨 yǎn
  1. foment
  2. valve
閥 fá
  1. powerful individual, family or group
  2. clique
  3. (loanword) valve
瓣 bàn
  1. petal
  2. segment
  3. clove (of garlic)
  4. piece
  5. section
  6. fragment
  7. valve
  8. lamella
  9. classifier for pieces, segments etc
他給了我十二瓣大蒜。

He gave me 12 cloves of garlic.

Source: Tatoeba

門 mén
  1. gate
  2. door
  3. gateway
  4. doorway
  5. opening
  6. valve
  7. switch
  8. way to do something
  9. knack
  10. family
  11. house
  12. (religious) sect
  13. school (of thought)
  14. class
  15. category
  16. phylum or division (taxonomy)
  17. classifier for large guns
  18. classifier for lessons, subjects, branches of technology
  19. (suffix) -gate (i.e. scandal; derived from Watergate)

classifiers: 扇, 個

門開著嗎？

Is the door open?

Source: Tatoeba