厦门
Xià mén
Pinyin

Definition

厦门
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Xià mén
  1. Xiamen or Amoy, subprovincial city in Fujian, abbr. 廈|厦[Xià]

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

出门
chū mén
  1. 1 to go out
  2. 2 to leave home
  3. 3 to go on a journey
  4. 4 away from home
  5. 5 (of a woman) to get married
嗓门
sǎng mén
  1. 1 voice
  2. 2 windpipe
大厦
dà shà
  1. 1 (used in the names of grand buildings such as 百老匯大廈|百老汇大厦 Broadway Mansions (in Shanghai) or 帝國大廈|帝国大厦 Empire State Building etc)
大门
Dà mén
  1. 1 the Doors, US rock band
家门
jiā mén
  1. 1 house door
  2. 2 family clan
专门
zhuān mén
  1. 1 specialist
  2. 2 specialized
  3. 3 customized
厦门
Xià mén
  1. 1 Xiamen or Amoy, subprovincial city in Fujian, abbr. 廈|厦[Xià]
敲门
qiāo mén
  1. 1 to knock on a door
澳门
Ào mén
  1. 1 Macao
  2. 2 Aomen
  3. 3 Macau
热门
rè mén
  1. 1 popular
  2. 2 hot
  3. 3 in vogue
临门
lín mén
  1. 1 to arrive home
  2. 2 facing one's home
  3. 3 home-coming
  4. 4 (soccer) facing the goalmouth
部门
bù mén
  1. 1 department
  2. 2 branch
  3. 3 section
  4. 4 division
  5. 5 CL:個|个[gè]
门
Mén
  1. 1 surname Men
门口
mén kǒu
  1. 1 doorway
  2. 2 gate
  3. 3 CL:個|个[gè]
开门
kāi mén
  1. 1 to open a door (lit. and fig.)
  2. 2 to open for business
开门红
kāi mén hóng
  1. 1 a good beginning
关门
guān mén
  1. 1 to close a door
  2. 2 to lock a door
  3. 3 (of a shop etc) to close (for the night, or permanently)
龙门
Lóng mén
  1. 1 Longmen county in Huizhou 惠州[Huì zhōu], Guangdong
  2. 2 mythical Dragon gate where a carp can transform into a dragon
上门
shàng mén
  1. 1 to drop in
  2. 2 to visit
  3. 3 to lock a door
  4. 4 (of a shop) to close
  5. 5 to go and live with one's wife's family, in effect becoming a member of her family
串门
chuàn mén
  1. 1 to call on sb
  2. 2 to drop in
  3. 3 to visit sb's home

Idioms (20)

一门心思
yī mén xīn si
  1. 1 to set one's heart on sth (idiom)
上天无路，入地无门
shàng tiān wú lù , rù dì wú mén
  1. 1 lit. there is no road to the sky, nor door into the earth (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to be at the end of one's rope
  3. 3 to be trapped in a hopeless situation
不是一家人不进一家门
bù shì yī jiā rén bù jìn yī jiā mén
  1. 1 people who don't belong together, don't get to live together (idiom)
  2. 2 marriages are predestined
  3. 3 people marry because they share common traits
侯门似海
hóu mén sì hǎi
  1. 1 lit. the gate of a noble house is like the sea
  2. 2 there is a wide gap between the nobility and the common people (idiom)
光耀门楣
guāng yào mén méi
  1. 1 splendor shines on the family's door (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to bring honor to one's family
前门打虎，后门打狼
qián mén dǎ hǔ , hòu mén dǎ láng
  1. 1 to beat a tiger from the front door, only to have a wolf come in at the back (idiom); fig. facing one problem after another
前门拒虎，后门进狼
qián mén jù hǔ , hòu mén jìn láng
  1. 1 to beat a tiger from the front door, only to have a wolf come in at the back (idiom); fig. facing one problem after another
吃闭门羹
chī bì mén gēng
  1. 1 to be refused entrance (idiom)
  2. 2 to find the door closed
各人自扫门前雪，莫管他家瓦上霜
gè rén zì sǎo mén qián xuě , mò guǎn tā jiā wǎ shàng shuāng
  1. 1 sweep the snow from your own door step, don't worry about the frost on your neighbor's roof (idiom)
名门望族
míng mén wàng zú
  1. 1 offspring a famous family (idiom); good breeding
  2. 2 blue blood
在家千日好，出门一时难
zài jiā qiān rì hǎo , chū mén yī shí nán
  1. 1 lit. at home, one can spend a thousand days in comfort, but spending a day away from home can be challenging (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. there's no place like home
在家靠父母，出门靠朋友
zài jiā kào fù mǔ , chū mén kào péng you
  1. 1 one depends on one's parents when at home, and on one's friends when away from home (idiom)
城门失火，殃及池鱼
chéng mén shī huǒ , yāng jí chí yú
  1. 1 a fire in the city gates is also a calamity for the fish in the moat (idiom); the bystander will also suffer
  2. 2 fig. you can't escape responsibility for your actions
  3. 3 ask not for whom the bell tolls - it tolls for thee
大厦将倾
dà shà jiāng qīng
  1. 1 great mansion on the verge of collapse (idiom); hopeless situation
夺门而出
duó mén ér chū
  1. 1 to rush out through a door (idiom)
好事不出门，恶事传千里
hǎo shì bù chū mén , è shì chuán qiān lǐ
  1. 1 lit. good deeds do not go beyond the door, evil deeds spread a thousand miles
  2. 2 a good deed goes unnoticed, but scandal spreads fast (idiom)
引鬼上门
yǐn guǐ shàng mén
  1. 1 to invite the devil to one's house (idiom)
  2. 2 to introduce a potential source of trouble
托足无门
tuō zú wú mén
  1. 1 to be unable to find a place to stay (idiom)
敲门砖
qiāo mén zhuān
  1. 1 lit. a brick as a door knocker (idiom); fig. a temporary expedient
  2. 2 to use sb as a stepping stone to fortune
旁门左道
páng mén zuǒ dào
  1. 1 dissenting religious sect (idiom); heretical school of opinion
  2. 2 dissident group

Sample Sentences

我在厦门有面试。
wǒ zài Xiàmén yǒu miànshì 。
I have an interview in Xiamen.
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还行，我还蛮喜欢闻的。去年我在厦门的时候泡过，里面有很多中药温泉，像什么人参温泉啊，冬虫夏草温泉啊，大大小小几十个池子呢。每种温泉都有不同的疗效。
hái xíng ，wǒ hái mán xǐhuan wén de 。qùnián wǒ zài Xiàmén de shíhou pào guò ，lǐmiàn yǒu hěn duō zhōngyào wēnquán ，xiàng shénme rénshēn wēnquán a ，dōngchóngxiàcǎo wēnquán a ，dàdàxiǎoxiǎo jǐshí gè chízi ne 。měi zhǒng wēnquán dōu yǒu bùtóng de liáoxiào 。
It's okay. I really like the smell of it. Last year when I was in Xiamen I did it. They've got all kinds of TCM hot springs there like ginseng hot springs, cordyceps fungus hot springs, a bunch of pools of all sizes. Every kind of hot spring has different therapeutic effects.
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我要去厦门。机票多少钱？
wǒ yào qù Xiàmén 。jīpiào duōshǎo qián ？
I want to go to Xiamen. How much is a plane ticket?
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五个，除了深圳以外，还有珠海、厦门、汕头和海南。
wǔ ge ，chúle Shēnzhèn yǐwài ，hái yǒu Zhūhǎi 、Xiàmén 、Shàntóu hé Hǎinán 。
There are five. Besides Shenzhen, there is Zhuhai, Xiamen, Shantou, and Hainan.
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