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串门 (chuàn mén) — to visit someone's home (casually); to drop by

Definition

串门 (chuàn mén) means dropping by someone's home casually — informal neighborly visits, with no appointment. More casual than 看望/探望 (calling on someone, often ill) or 访问 (formal visit/interview).

verb
to visit someone's home (casually)to drop by

Examples

  • ，串门。
    Zhōu mò méi shì de shí hou, wǒ xǐ huan qù lín jū jiā chuàn mén.
    When I have nothing to do on weekends, I like to visit my neighbors.
  • ，。
    Zuó tiān wǒ zài lù shang yù dào lǎo péng you, jiù qù tā jiā chuàn le gè mén.
    Yesterday I ran into an old friend on the road and dropped by his place.
  • 串门，。
    Yǒu kòng lái wǒ jiā chuàn mén ba, wǒ men hǎo hǎo liáo liáo.
    Come over to my place when you're free, let's have a good chat.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
动宾dòngbīnVerb + object

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

串chuànvisit
门méndoor

串 (visit) and 门 (door) give the sense of dropping by someone's home.

Characters in this word

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

The shape 串 is a picture of objects strung together.

Open 串 →

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.

Open 门 →
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HSK 3.0 Level 7-9Friends & Social

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