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门户 (mén hù) — door; gateway (literal or strategic); faction; sect; portal (e.g., internet portal)

Definition

门户 literally means 'door/gateway' and by extension means 'portal' (a website's main entry point) or 'faction/sect'. At HSK 7 it most often appears as 门户网站 ('portal website').

noun
doorgateway (literal or strategic)factionsectportal (e.g., internet portal)
Measure word · 个

Examples

  • 门户，。
    Tā jiā mén hù jǐn bì, hǎo xiàng méi rén zài jiā.
    His family's door is tightly shut; it seems no one is home.
  • 门户。
    Zhè ge chéng shì shì tōng wǎng xī fāng de zhàn lüè mén hù.
    This city is a strategic gateway to the west.
  • 门户。
    Xīn làng shì yí gè hěn dà de hù lián wǎng xīn wén mén hù.
    Sina is a very large internet news portal.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
联合liánhéCoordinate

Two parts of equal weight, alike or opposite in meaning, standing side by side.

门méndoor
户hùdoor

Two words for doors combine to mean a gateway, then a faction or family status.

Characters in this word

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

This origin belongs to the traditional form 戶; 户 is its simplified writing.

The traditional form 戶 is a picture of half of a gate. The simplified 户 is a later shorthand, so its shape should not be read as the original parts.

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