開門

开门
kāimén
  1. to open a door (lit. and fig.)
  2. to open for business

CEDICT

  1. (antique appraisal, gemstone identification) obviously authentic.
  2. (figurative) to do things in an open-door manner
  3. (figurative) to open for business
  4. obviously authentic.
  5. to do things in an open-door manner
  6. to open for business
  7. to open the door

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Examples

銀行九點開門

Banks open at nine o'clock.

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請你開門好嗎?

Would you please open the door?

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你介意我開門嗎?

Would you mind my opening the door?

Do you mind if I open the door?

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商店幾點開門啊？

What time does the store open?

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这家饭馆开门了吗？

Is this restaurant open?

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他的妻子為他開門了。

His wife opened the door for him.

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我开门的时候弄坏了锁。

In opening the door, I broke the lock.

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有個男人開門走了出來。

The door opened and a man came out.

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拜託你開門讓我進來吧。

Open the door and let me in, please.

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开门的时候我把锁弄坏了。

I broke the lock opening the door.

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她一開門，一隻貓就跑了出來。

As soon as she opened the door, a cat ran out.

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我開門的時候把門柄扭了出來。

I tried to open the door, and the doorknob came off.

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我試著開門的時候門把手自己掉了下來。

I tried to open the door, and the doorknob came off.

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Entry Composition

1 開 kāi
  1. to open (transitive or intransitive)
  2. (of ships, vehicles, troops etc) to start
  3. to turn on; to put in operation; to operate; to run
  4. to boil
  5. to write out (a prescription, check, invoice etc)
  6. (directional complement) away; off
  7. carat (gold)
  8. abbr. for Kelvin, 開爾文 Kāiěrwén
  9. abbr. for 開本 kāiběn, book format
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

Containing this entry

半開門 bànkāimén
  1. half-open door
  2. fig. prostitute
開門揖盜 kāiményīdào leaving the door open invites the thief (idiom); to invite disaster by giving evildoers a free hand
開門殺 kāiménshā dooring (accident caused by opening a vehicle door into traffic)
開門炮 kāiménpào firecrackers set off at the stroke of midnight on New Year's Day (a Chinese tradition)
開門紅 kāiménhóng a good beginning
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