前门 (qiánmén): front door

Measure Word

一扇前门 shàn

Meanings

1 front door
2 front gate

Characters

Examples

请从前门进来。

Qǐng cóng qiánmén jìnlái.

Please come in through the front door.

前门锁上了。

Qiánmén suǒshàng le.

The front door is locked.

Tips

usage

Opposite of 后门 (hòumén, 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 #7,319

front desk; reception / foreground (computing)

前线 qiánxiàn HSK 7 #7,398

front line / frontline / battlefront