门框 (mén kuàng) — door frame | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

door frame

Measure word · 个

Examples

门框。
Nǐ xū yào xiān chāi diào zhè ge mén kuàng.
You need to remove this door frame first.
门框。
Zhè jiān fáng zi de mén kuàng shì yòng mù tou zuò de.
The door frame of this room is made of wood.
门框。
Gōng rén zhèng zài ān zhuāng xīn de mén kuàng.
The worker is installing a new door frame.

Origin

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.

门 tells us what kind of 框: the frame around a door.

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.

No reliable origin is recorded for this character.

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