Dictionary🇨🇳 Chinese → 🇺🇸 English
开关
kāiguān
Description
开关是用来开和关电器的东西，比如灯的开关。
A 开关 is a device used to turn electrical appliances on and off, like a light switch.
我们每天都会用到开关，它可以让电灯或者机器工作。
We use 开关 every day; it can make lights or machines work.
Meanings
开关kāiguān
switch (for controlling electricity)
请把灯的开关关上。
Please turn off the light switch.
开关kāiguān
to switch on and off
这个门可以自动开关。
This door can open and close automatically.
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Notes
- Etymology
开 (open/on) + 关 (close/off), combining two opposite actions into one noun.
- Nuance
usually a physical device; the verb sense means to open and close repeatedly.
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