門楣

门楣
ménméi
  1. lintel (of a door)
  2. fig. family's social status

CEDICT

  1. lintel (of a door)
  2. social status of one's family

Wiktionary

  1. 門上的橫梁。
  2. 家族的社會地位及聲望。《初刻拍案驚奇．卷四》：「我非宦家之女，門楣不對，他日必有悔，只可做妾。」《紅樓夢．第二回》：「榮國府賈府中，可也不沾辱了先生的門楣了。」也作「門閥」、「門第」。

重編國語辭典

  1. 家族的社會地位及聲望
  2. 門上的橫梁

維基詞典

Entry Composition

1 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
2 楣 méi
  1. lintel
  2. crossbeam

Containing this entry

光耀門楣 guāngyàoménméi
  1. splendor shines on the family's door (idiom)
  2. fig. to bring honor to one's family

Related entries

楣 méi
  1. lintel
  2. crossbeam
橫楣 héngméi lintel
橫楣子 héngméizi lintel
闌頭 lántóu
  1. lintel
  2. architrave
梁木 liángmù
  1. beam
  2. rafter
  3. lintel
  4. person able to bear heavy responsibility
  5. mainstay (of organization)
  6. pillar (of state)