门闩

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ménshuān

noun #24,058

Measure Word

一根门闩 gēn

Meanings

1 door bolt
2 door bar
3 horizontal bar used to secure a door

Characters

bolt; bar (to secure a door)

Examples

HSK 5

她插上门闩，不让任何人进来。

Tā chā shàng ménshuān, bù ràng rènhérén jìnlái.

She bolted the door so no one could come in.

HSK 5

门闩从里面锁住了门。

Ménshuān cóng lǐmiàn suǒ zhù le mén.

The door bolt locked the door from the inside.

HSK 7-9

木制门闩在农村老房子里很常见。

Mùzhì ménshuān zài nóngcūn lǎo fángzi lǐ hěn chángjiàn.

Wooden door bolts are common in old rural houses.

Tips

memory

门 means door, 闩 is a rare character that depicts a horizontal bar (一) inside a door frame (门) - the character itself is a picture of the bolt in place.

Stroke Order

门 mén

闩 shuān