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开关

kāi guān

HSK 3.0 level 6 2-character word Traditional 開關

开关 (kāi guān) means "power switch; gas valve; to open the city (or frontier) gate". It is an HSK 3.0 level 6 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 开关 means

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

The characters in 开关

• 开kāito open (transitive or intransitive); (of ships, vehicles, troops etc) to start…
• 关guānmountain pass; to close; to shut; to turn off; to confine; to lock (sb) up…

Example sentences

• 她按了开关。
  She pressed the switch.

Words containing 开关

• 总开关zǒng kāi guānmain switch
• 气动开关qì dòng kāi guānpneumatic switch
• 点火开关diǎn huǒ kāi guānignition switch
• 微动开关wēi dòng kāi guānmicroswitch

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