Tom cut down the tree that was in front of his house.
CHINESE DICTIONARY ENTRY
门前
in front of the door
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DEFINITIONS & USAGE
Meaning and common use
01
in front of the door
REAL CORPUS EXAMPLES
How 门前 actually appears in real sentences.
These sentences are copied from the Tatoeba corpus, so they are real usage rather than generated text. 门前 appears in 18 of the 89,190 sentences we searched.
A young man is singing in front of the door.
Shine your shoes before going out.
COMMON COLLOCATIONS
Words that keep company with 门前.
Counted from the same corpus: the word that most often comes directly before, and directly after, 门前.
Directly before
- 出门前4
- 在门前3
- 家门前2
- 他门前2
- 百货公司门前1
Directly after
- 门前的3
- 门前把2
- 门前下1
- 门前等1
- 门前走来走去1
ABOUT THIS ENTRY
Where this entry comes from
The HSK level, part of speech, and pronunciation come from the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus. The English definitions come from CC-CEDICT. Corpus sentences, collocations, and the frequency figure come from the Tatoeba Chinese sentence export and are counted rather than written, so nothing on this page is invented. Usage notes and the hand-written examples that appear higher up exist only for a handful of entries.
Definitions from CC-CEDICT, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Vocabulary levels and parts of speech from the HSK 3.1 syllabus. This compiled dictionary is shared under the same CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
COMMON QUESTIONS
About 门前
What does 门前 mean in Chinese?
门前 (ménqián) means in front of the door.
How do you pronounce 门前?
门前 is pronounced ménqián.
Is 门前 an HSK word?
门前 is on the list of the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus.
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