崇文门

崇文門

Chóngwénmén

proper noun

Meanings

1 Chongwenmen, a former gate of Beijing's inner city wall, now the area and subway station of that name

Characters

learning; letters

Examples

HSK 2

我们在崇文门下地铁。

Wǒmen zài Chóngwénmén xià dìtiě.

We get off the subway at Chongwenmen.

HSK 4

内城南面的三座城门中，崇文门在东，宣武门在西，正阳门在中间。

Nèichéng nánmian de sān zuò chéngmén zhōng, Chóngwénmén zài dōng, Xuānwǔmén zài xī, Zhèngyángmén zài zhōngjiān.

Of the three gates on the south side of the inner city, Chongwenmen was in the east, Xuanwumen in the west and Zhengyangmen in the middle.

Tips

culture

崇文 "revere learning" faces 宣武 "proclaim martial might" across the south wall. Old Beijing lore gave each gate its traffic: wine carts came in through Chongwenmen, where the city's customs house taxed them.

Stroke Order

崇 chóng

文 wén

门 mén