虎门镇 |
Hǔ mén Zhèn |
Humen Town, also known as Taiping 太平, a town within Dongguan prefecture-level city 东莞市, Guangdong |
虎 |
hǔ |
tiger / CL:只 |
虎门 |
Hǔ mén |
the Bocca Tigris, a narrow strait in the Pearl River Delta, Guangdong / Humen Town 虎门镇 |
门 |
Mén |
surname Men |
门 |
mén |
gate / door / CL:扇 / gateway / doorway / CL:个 / opening / valve / switch / way to do something / knack / family / house / (religious) sect / school (of thought) / class / category / phylum or division (taxonomy) / classifier for large guns / classifier for lessons, subjects, branches of technology / (suffix) -gate (i.e. scandal; derived from Watergate) |
镇 |
zhèn |
to press down / to calm / to subdue / to suppress / to guard / garrison / small town / to cool or chill (food or drinks) |