豪门 (háo mén) — rich and powerful family; wealthy and influenti…

Definition

noun

rich and powerful familywealthy and influential clan

Measure word · 个

豪门，。
Tā jià rù le háo mén, shēng huó biàn de wán quán bù tóng le.
She married into a wealthy family, and her life became completely different.
豪门。
Zhè bù diàn shì jù jiǎng le yí gè háo mén de gù shi.
This TV drama tells the story of a wealthy family.
豪门，。
Zài háo mén lǐ zhǎng dà de hái zi, cóng xiǎo jiù yǒu hěn duō jī huì.
Children who grow up in wealthy families have many opportunities from a young age.

Compound word

构词法gòucífǎ

偏正piānzhèngModifier + head

The first part narrows down the second: it says what kind of thing the head is.

豪háorich and powerful

门ménfamily or clan

The sense of 豪 is rich and powerful, and 门 denotes a family or clan, so the word means a wealthy, influential household.

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.

Meaning part形符xíngfú

豕豕shǐpig, boar

Sound part声符shēngfú

高

Close in sound todayThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

豪 shows 豕, a pig or boar, together with 高, which gives 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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