门房 (mén fáng) — (noun) gatehouse; porter's lodge; (noun) gatekeeper; doorman; janitor; (noun) distant relative (less common, dated)
Definition
门房 has two related senses: the place (gatehouse/porter's lodge where the doorman sits) and the person (doorman, porter, janitor). The 'distant relative' sense is dated and rare.
noun
gatehouseporter's lodgegatekeeperdoormanjanitordistant relative (less common, dated)
Measure word · 个
Examples
- 门房，。Xiǎo qū de mén fáng hěn zhěng jié, lǐ miàn fàng le jǐ bǎ yǐ zi.The community's gatehouse is very tidy, with a few chairs inside.
- 门房。Lǎo zhāng zài jiǔ diàn dāng mén fáng yǐ jīng shí nián le.Old Zhang has been working as a doorman at the hotel for ten years.
- 门房，。mén fáng Gào sù wǒ, lái fǎng de kè rén yào dēng jì.The gatekeeper told me that visiting guests need to register.
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