开关

kāi guān · kai guan

Traditional 開關

Meaning

CC-CEDICT
  1. power switch
  2. gas valve
  3. to open the city (or frontier) gate
  4. to open and close
  5. to switch on and off

In a sentence

2 examples
01

因(yīn)为(wèi)开(kāi)关(guān)坏(huài)了(le),我(wǒ)没(méi)法(fǎ)儿(r)把(bǎ)它(tā)打(dǎ)开(kāi)。

I can't turn it on, because the switch is broken.

Tatoeba: Chinese by DaoSeng · English by Grim_fandango · CC BY 2.0 FR. Simplified Chinese conversion; Pinyin added or corrected.

02

墙(qiáng)上(shàng)的(de)开(kāi)关(guān)太(tài)高(gāo),小(xiǎo)孩(hái)够(gòu)不(bu)着(zháo)。

The switch on the wall is too high; a child can't reach it.

Sources & licenses

How to write

Choose a character to watch its strokes or trace it yourself.

Mainland China stroke order, including traditional characters. Drawing sources & licenses.

Definitions adapted from CC-CEDICT, published by MDBG and its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0. Pinyin display and entry grouping have been adapted.

Browse all wordsExplore words in context