开门

開門
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

银行九点开门

Banks open at nine o'clock.

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请你开门好吗?

Would you please open the door?

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你介意我开门吗?

Would you mind my opening the door?

Do you mind if I open the door?

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商店几点开门啊？

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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他的妻子为他开门了。

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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有个男人开门走了出来。

The door opened and a man came out.

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拜託你开门让我进来吧。

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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她一开门，一隻猫就跑了出来。

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

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我开门的时候把门柄扭了出来。

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

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我试着开门的时候门把手自己掉了下来。

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

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Entry Composition

1 开 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, 开尔文 Kāiěrwén
  9. abbr. for 开本 kāiběn, book format
2 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

Containing this entry

半开门 bànkāimén
  1. half-open door
  2. fig. prostitute
开门揖盗 kāiményīdào leaving the door open invites the thief (idiom); to invite disaster by giving evildoers a free hand
开门杀 kāiménshā dooring (accident caused by opening a vehicle door into traffic)
开门炮 kāiménpào firecrackers set off at the stroke of midnight on New Year's Day (a Chinese tradition)
开门红 kāiménhóng a good beginning
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