登门拜访
dēng mén bài fǎng
to call on someone at their home
Character by character
登dēng
mount
mount
门mén
door
door
拜bài
pay respects
pay respects
访fǎng
visit
visit
Example
为了表示感谢，他第二天专门登门拜访了那位医生。
To show his gratitude, he went to call on the doctor at home the very next day.
Tone: neutral.
Usage and origin
Polite and a little formal: going to someone’s door shows you took the trouble. 登门 also makes 登门道谢 (call to say thank you) and 登门道歉 (call to apologise).
Learn this in Lesson 36 · HSK 5–6: 去朋友家做客 (Visiting a Chinese home)
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