She pressed the switch.
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开关
Traditional: 開關
kāi guān
HSK 3.0 · 6
Yue Tan · University of Caen; © 2009 Yue Tan. MP3 preparation: Hugo Lopez / audio-cmn · CC BY-SA 3.0 US
kāi guān · hoi1 gwaan1 (Jyutping)
- power switch
- gas valve
- to open the city (or frontier) gate
- to open and close
- to switch on and off
Definitions: CC-CEDICT contributors · CC BY-SA 4.0 · snapshot 2026-10-09. Display: consolidated readings, linked characters and marked pinyin. Original data
Character breakdown
开
- Meaning
- open; initiate, begin, start
- Radical
- 廾
- Strokes
- 4
- Components
- ⿱一廾
- Cangjie
- MT
- Four-corner
- 1044
关
- Meaning
- frontier pass; close; relation
- Radical
- 丷
- Strokes
- 6
- Components
- ⿱丷天
- Cangjie
- TK
- Four-corner
- 8080
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