守门 (shǒu mén) — to guard a door or gate; (sports) to play goalk…

Definition

Verb meaning 'guard a door/gate' or 'keep goal' in sports. The sports sense often appears as 守门员 (goalkeeper).

verb

to guard a door or gate(sports) to play goalkeeperto keep goal

守门。
Gōng sī yǒu yí gè rén tiān tiān zài mén kǒu shǒu mén.
The company has a person who guards the door every day.
守门。
Tā xǐ huan zài zú qiú chǎng shàng shǒu mén.
He likes to keep goal on the soccer field.
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Tā zài zhè chǎng bǐ sài zhōng shǒu le liǎng cì mén.
He kept goal twice in this match.

Compound word

构词法gòucífǎ

动宾dòngbīnVerb + object

An action followed by what it acts on, fused into one word.

守 means guard and 门 means door, giving guarding a goal or entrance.

Characters in this word

Two or more meaningful parts placed together so that their meanings combine into a new one.

宀寸守

守 pairs 宀, a roof or building, with 寸, a hand, to show a hand guarding a place.

A drawing of the thing itself, worn down over three thousand years into a few strokes.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 門; 门 is its simplified writing.

The traditional form 門 pictures a gate as two door shapes side by side; the simplified 门 is a later shorthand.

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