门道

門道
méndào
  1. doorway
  2. gateway

CEDICT

  1. corridor; passageway
  2. road or pathway leading to a gate

Wiktionary

门前的长形甬道。

重編國語辭典

Homographs

门道 méndao
  1. the way to do sth
  2. knack

Entry Composition

1 门 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 道 dào
  1. (bound form) way; reason; principle
  2. (bound form) a skill; an art; a specialization
  3. (Daoism) the Way; the Dao
  4. to say (introducing a direct quotation, as in a novel)
  5. (bound form) to express; to extend (polite words)
  6. classifier for long thin things (rivers, cracks, shadows etc), barriers (walls, doors etc), questions (in an exam etc), commands, courses in a meal, steps in a process
  7. (old) circuit (administrative division)

classifiers: 條, 股

Related entries

门口 ménkǒu
  1. doorway
  2. gate

classifier: 個

门口有个人。

There's someone at the doorway.

Somebody's at the door.

Source: Tatoeba

门首 ménshǒu
  1. doorway
  2. gate
  3. entrance
门 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

出入口 chūrùkǒu gateway
闸道 zhádào (computing) gateway (Tw)
网关 wǎngguān
  1. network router
  2. gateway (to Internet or between networks)
关口 guānkǒu
  1. pass
  2. gateway
  3. (fig.) juncture
桥头堡 qiáotóubǎo
  1. bridgehead (military)
  2. stronghold serving as a base for advancing further into enemy territory
  3. bridge tower (ornamental structure at either end of a bridge)
  4. (fig.) gateway (place that provides access to other places beyond it)
  5. bridgehead (key location serving as a base for further expansion)
闸口 zhákǒu
  1. open sluice gate
  2. (toll) station
  3. boarding gate (airport etc)
  4. (fig.) gateway (access point)