What does 开关 mean in Chinese?
开关 (kāiguān) means power switch.
CHINESE DICTIONARY ENTRY
开关
power switch
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DEFINITIONS & USAGE
Meaning and common use
01
power switch
02
gas valve
03
to open the city (or frontier) gate
04
to open and close
05
to switch on and off
ABOUT THIS ENTRY
Where this entry comes from
The HSK level, part of speech, and pronunciation come from the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus. The English definitions come from CC-CEDICT. Usage notes and example sentences are hand-written, so they exist for only a handful of entries.
Definitions from CC-CEDICT, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Vocabulary levels and parts of speech from the HSK 3.1 syllabus. This compiled dictionary is shared under the same CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
COMMON QUESTIONS
About 开关
How do you pronounce 开关?
开关 is pronounced kāiguān.
Is 开关 an HSK word?
开关 is on the HSK 6 list of the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus.
What part of speech is 开关?
开关 is used as a 名词 (noun) in Chinese.
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