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kāi guān



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light switch


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     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
     1. Variant of 幵
     2. Simplified form of 開
     3. Variant of 亓
     1. Variant of 其
jiān, qiān
     1. (obsolete) even, level
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.)
     1. Simplified form of 關
     2. Variant of 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)
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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