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开关

kāi guān · kai guan

Traditional 開關

HSK 6

Meaning

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  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
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Where is the switch?

  1. Liangliang

    灯(dēng)怎么(zěnme)不(bù)亮(liàng)了(le)？

    Why is the light not on?

  2. Dengdeng

    你(nǐ)按(àn)一下(yīxià)开关(kāiguān)。

    Press the switch.

  3. Liangliang

    开关(kāiguān)在(zài)哪儿(nǎr)？

    Where is the switch?

  4. Dengdeng

    就(jiù)在(zài)你(nǐ)左边(zuǒbian)。

    Right on your left.

  5. Liangliang

    找到(zhǎodào)了(le)！

    Found it!

  6. Dengdeng

    可是(kěshì)那(nà)是(shì)风扇(fēngshàn)的(de)开关(kāiguān)！

    But that is the fan switch!

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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.

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