How to say “come to one's home” in Chinese

上门
shàngmén

come to one's home

verb · HSK 4 · topic “Home and neighborhood”

“Come to one's home” in Chinese is 上门, shàng mén: the meaning, a recording of how it sounds, the characters stroke by stroke.

How to pronounce it

上门 is read shàng mén: 2 syllables. The tone is part of the word: with another melody you get another word, or just a jumble of sounds.

shàng — 4th tonesharply falling, like “Stop!”
mén — 2nd tonerising, like a surprised “huh?”

How to write it

上
shàng — top, on

A stroke above a line.

门
mén — door

A picture of a doorway.

Strokes go in order: top to bottom and left to right, horizontal before vertical. Tap a character to open its page, with the strokes shown large and the words it appears in. To train your hand, print a handwriting sheet for “上门”.

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Frequently asked questions

How do you say “come to one's home” in Chinese?

“Come to one's home” in Chinese is 上门, pinyin shàngmén.

What does 上门 mean?

上门 (shàngmén) means “come to one's home”.

How do you write 上门?

上门 is 2 characters: 上 (shàng) — top, on; 门 (mén) — door. The stroke order of each one is shown step by step on this page.

How do you pronounce 上门?

上门 is read shàngmén. Tones: shàng — fourth tone, mén — second tone. The page has an audio recording.

“come to one's home” in the lesson “It broke!”

This word is from the topic “Home and neighborhood” of HSK 4. In the lesson you hear it in a dialogue, build a sentence with it and say it out loud. Start for free, no sign-up needed.

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