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开关kāi guān
light switch
Definitions
Chinese > English | ||
开关 | ||
1. Simplified form of 開關 | ||
開關 | kāiguān | |
1. n. switch (device for controlling supply of electricity) | ||
電燈 開關 - light switch | ||
2. v. to open and close; to turn on and off | ||
3. v. to open the gate to a city | ||
4. v. (by extension) to open borders | ||
5. v. (cat, cmn, Advanced Mandarin) | ||
6. v. (cln, zh, antonymous compounds) | ||
Components | ||
开 | ||
1. Variant of 幵 | ||
2. Simplified form of 開 | ||
3. Variant of 亓 | ||
亓 | ||
1. Variant of 其 | ||
幵 | jiān, qiān | |
1. (obsolete) even, level | ||
開 | kāi | |
1. to open; to unlatch; to unfasten | ||
我 開 不bu到 這 扇 門。 - I can't open the door. | ||
商店 開 到 八 點。 - The shop opens till eight o'clock. | ||
2. to start; to turn on; to switch on | ||
開 電燈 - to switch the light on | ||
開 電腦 - to turn on the computer | ||
3. to make an opening; to open up | ||
開荒 - to open up wasteland | ||
開 運河 - to dig a canal | ||
在 牆 上 開 個 洞 - to make a hole in the wall | ||
4. (of a flower) to open out | ||
花 開 了。 - The flower is blooming. | ||
5. (of a frozen river) to thaw | ||
6. to begin; to start | ||
開工 - to start working | ||
7. to start; to set up; to open | ||
開 間 燒臘 舖pou3-2 - to open a roasted meats shop | ||
我 開 了 個 銀行 帳戶。 - I opened a bank account. | ||
8. to remove (a ban or restriction) | ||
開禁 - to lift a ban | ||
開齋 - to resume a meat diet | ||
9. to boil (bubble and turn to vapour) | ||
水 開 了 沒有? - Has the water boiled? | ||
10. to write out (a prescription, check, invoice, etc.) | ||
開 支票 - to write a check | ||
我們 開 了 一 張 學生 必-讀 書-單。 - We made a list of required books for students. | ||
11. to book (a hotel room) | ||
12. to operate/run a business | ||
13. , passage=(lang, en, Apothecary,.) | ||
14. , translation=(開藥店其人, literally, "a person who runs a pharmacy") | ||
15. to hold (a meeting, exhibition, etc.) | ||
開會 - to hold a meeting | ||
16. to pay | ||
開 工資 - to pay wages | ||
17. to operate; to drive (a vehicle) | ||
開車 - to drive a car | ||
開炮 - to fire a cannon | ||
船長zhǎng 把 船 開 到 對岸 去。 - The captain sailed the boat to the opposite bank. | ||
火車 已經 開 了。 - The train has already departed. | ||
18. apart; away | ||
散開 - to separate and strew; to scatter; to disperse | ||
走開 - to move out of the way | ||
坐 開 - to sit farther away | ||
唔好 遊 咁 開 - don't swim so far away | ||
19. (informal) Short for 開除 (to fire; to sack; to discharge; to dismiss) | ||
20. (informal) to eat up | ||
21. (Cantonese) Habitual aspect particle. | ||
你 有冇 食 開 啲 乜嘢 藥 㗎? - Are you taking any medication? | ||
去 開 買 餸,幫 我 買 樽 豉油 吖。 - When you go and do your groceries, buy a bottle of soy sauce for me. | ||
22. (physics) Short for 開爾文 (kelvin) | ||
23. (Chinese phonetics) Short for 開口 (open-mouthed) | ||
24. (Hokkien) to spend (money) | ||
25. karat (measure of gold purity) | ||
26. (dialectal Cantonese, dialectal Hakka) (Perfective aspect particle.) | ||
关 | ||
1. Simplified form of 關 | ||
2. Variant of 笑 | ||
笑 | xiào | |
1. (intransitive) to laugh; to smile | ||
笑容 - smile | ||
唔識 笑 - never smiles | ||
2. to laugh at; to ridicule | ||
點解 你哋 成seng4日 笑 我 㗎? - Why do you guys always laugh at me? | ||
3. (ditransitive) to laugh at; to ridicule | ||
笑 佢 唔識 講 廣東話waa6-2 - to make fun of them for not knowing how to speak Cantonese | ||
4. (literary, or in compounds) funny; amusing | ||
笑話 - joke, lit=funny words | ||
5. (obsolete, figurative) to blossom; to bloom | ||
6. (rare) | ||
關 | guān | |
1. to close; to shut | ||
zh-co, 關 窗子zi, close the window | ||
他 在 聖誕節 時 關 了 店鋪pù。 - He shut up his shop at Christmas. | ||
(ant, zh, 開) | ||
2. to lock up; to detain | ||
那 囚犯 被 關 在 單人 牢房 內。 - The prisoner was locked in a cell. | ||
3. to turn off; to switch off | ||
(zh-co, 關 電燈, to switch the light off) | ||
4. (literary) to go through; to pass | ||
5. to concern; to implicate; to relate to | ||
這 不 關 我 的 事。 - It does not concern me. | ||
6. frontier pass; border control; checkpoint (controlled passage) | ||
(zh-co, 海關, customs (literally, "maritime checkpoint")) | ||
(zh-co, 過關, to break through a pass; to go through border control) | ||
7. (video games) Short for 關卡 (level) | ||
8. relation (family/contacts) | ||
(zh-co, 關 羽, Guan Yu (Chinese general of the state of Shu Han during the Three Kingdoms period)) | ||
9. (obsolete) Alternative form of 彎 (to draw a bow) | ||
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