Definition
门房 has two main meanings: the small building at the entrance of a compound (gatehouse or porter's lodge) and the person who works there as a doorman, gatekeeper, or janitor. In older or rural usage, it can also refer to a distant relative from a collateral branch, though this sense is less common.
noun
gatehouseporter's lodgegatekeeperdoormanjanitordistant relative (less common, dated)
Examples
- 门房，。Xiǎoqū de mén fáng hěn zhěngjié, lǐmiàn fàng le jǐ bǎ yǐzi.The community's gatehouse is very tidy, with a few chairs inside.
- 门房。Lǎo Zhāng zài jiǔdiàn dāng mén fáng yǐjīng shí nián le.Old Zhang has been working as a doorman at the hotel for ten years.
- 门房，。mén fáng gàosu wǒ, láifǎng de kèrén yào dēngjì.The gatekeeper told me that visiting guests need to register.
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