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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 门外

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
门外 mén wài - outside the door

List Ranking:

Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.

HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
- - 6,012 - -

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
mén- surname Men
mén- gate
- door
- CL:扇[shan4]
- gateway
- doorway
- CL:個|个[ge4]
- opening
- valve
- switch
- way to do something
- knack
- family
- house
- (religious) sect
- school (of thought)
- class
- category
- phylum or division (taxonomy)
- classifier for large guns
- classifier for lessons, subjects, branches of technology
- (suffix) -gate (i.e. scandal; derived from Watergate)
wài- outside
- in addition
- foreign
- external

Other Words Containing 门外

Sorted by the 'SUBTLEX-CH' rank because that seems like the most reliable. Words without a SUBTLEX-CH rank are ignored for being too rare.

Word HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
门外 - - 6,012 - -
拒之门外 - - 15,336 28,379 37,892
门外汉 - - 27,200 53,089 52,455