門戶

Mandarin

Noun

門戶 (traditional, Pinyin ménhù, simplified 门户)

1. door
2. gateway; important passageway
3. family status
   • 806: Bai Juyi, Song of Everlasting Regret

     可憐光彩生門戶，

     This enviable splendour breathed new life into their family status.

4. faction; sect

References

• 1985, Jingrong (ed.) Wu, The Pinyin CHINESE-ENGLISH DICTIONARY (in Mandarin/English), Beijing, Hong Kong: The Commercial Press, ISBN 0471867969:
• "門戶" (in Mandarin/English), Dr. eye. URL accessed on 2009-05-30.