前门 (qiánmén): front door

Measure Word

一扇前门 shàn

Meanings

1 front door
2 front gate

Characters

Examples

HSK 1

请从前门进来。

Qǐng cóng qiánmén jìnlái.

Please come in through the front door.

HSK 5

前门锁上了。

Qiánmén suǒ shàng le.

The front door is locked.

Tips

usage

Opposite of 后门 (back door). 后门 also has a figurative meaning of 'backdoor connections/nepotism'.

In Pop Culture

前门大街 Qiánmén Dàjiē

Qianmen Street

Famous historic commercial street in central Beijing near Tiananmen Square.

Stroke Order

前 qián

门 mén

Related Words

门前 ménqián #7,979

in front of the door; doorstep / in front of a building/gate

前方 qiánfāng HSK 6 #6,013

ahead; in front / the front (e.g., front line)

上门 shàngmén HSK 4 #4,426

to visit (someone's home) / to come to the door / door-to-door

前面 qiánmian HSK 3 #1,323

in front / ahead / preceding

大门 dàmén HSK 2 #3,495

main entrance / front gate

门 mén HSK 1 #389

door / gate / entrance

前 qián HSK 1 #169

front / before / ago / former

敲门 qiāomén HSK 5 #4,324

to knock on a door

前台 qiántái HSK 7-9 #7,319

front desk; reception / foreground (computing)

前线 qiánxiàn HSK 7-9 #7,398

front line / frontline / battlefront