把门 (bǎ mén) — to guard a gate or door; to act as a gatekeeper…

Definition

把门 means 'to guard a door/gate' or 'to play goalkeeper.' Pinyin bǎ — same sound as the 把 disposal construction, but unrelated.

verb

to guard a gate or doorto act as a gatekeeperto be a goalkeeper (in soccer, hockey, etc.)

把门。
Tā měi tiān bǎ mén liǎng gè xiǎo shí.
He guards the gate for two hours every day.
把门，。
Zhè wèi qiú yuán bǎ mén jì shù hěn hǎo, pū chū le sān gè diǎn qiú.
This player's goalkeeping skills are excellent; he saved three penalty kicks.
把门，。
Bǎo ān zhèng bǎ mén ne, bú ràng mò shēng rén jìn qù.
The security guard is on guard duty and won't let strangers in.

Compound word

构词法gòucífǎ

动宾dòngbīnVerb + object

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

把bǎhold/guard

门méngate/door

把 conveys holding or guarding, and 门 is the gate or goal; together they describe guarding a gate or acting as goalkeeper.

Characters in this word

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

扌巴把

Meaning part形符xíngfú

扌Written in full as手shǒuhand

Sound part声符shēngfú

巴

Same sound today

把 combines 扌, a hand, with 巴 for its sound.

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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