ce1 mun4車門车门
Jyutpingce1 mun4
Yalechē mùhn
Definition
A vehicle door.
colloquialtransport
How it's used
Refers specifically to the door of a vehicle, distinguishing it from the door of a building or room. While often used for cars, it is also applicable to other transport like buses or trains. When discussing the act of opening or closing, it is common to drop the word 車 and simply use 門 if the context of the vehicle is already clear.
Measure word
go3個goExamples
Remember to close the car door properly when you get out.
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Grammar guides
- Directional complementsThe small words added after a verb to show direction of movement, like up, down, out, in, and back. Common in everyday Cantonese.
- DemonstrativesThis and that with 呢 and 嗰, the personal pronouns, and how 哋 turns I, you, and he into we, you all, and they.
- Resultative complementsSticking a result word onto a verb to show how it turned out, like eat until full or look and find. A productive everyday pattern.
