Chinese Character 閘 (zaap6 | ya1 zha2 ) : [1] [n] sluice; flood gate; canal lock [2] [n]

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閘
zaap6 ya1 zha2
[1] [n] sluice; flood gate; canal lock [2] [n] brake; device on a vehicle for halting its motion [3] a switch or similar devices Stroke count: 13 Level: 3 Radical: (#169)
閘 / 闸
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閘口 zaap6 hau2 = choke; inlet 大閘蟹 daai6 zaap6 haai5 = Chinese mitten crab 鐵閘 tit3 zaap6 = iron gate 入閘 jap6 zaap6 ru4 zha2 = [v] to enter the gate (of MTR) 入閘機 jap6 zaap6 gei1 = [n] ticket gate (for the MTR) 閘板 zaap6 baan2 zha2 ban3 = [n] lock gate, sluice gate (on waterways) 閘門 zaap6 mun4 zha2 men2 = [n] gate; sluice gate (on waterways) 閘住 zaap6 zyu6 = [v] used to tell someone to quit speaking about sth unlucky (lit., "close gate") 側閘 zak1 zaap6 = a side (flood)gate 趟開鐵閘 tong3 hoi1 tit3 zaap6 = slide open the gate粵 See all 12 compounds
Showing 1 example containing 閘車站入閘後及車廂內，嚴禁飲食 edit Eating or drinking is not allowed on trains, or in the paid areas of stations. [MTR announcement] Legend 國 : Written Chinese only 粵 : Spoken Cantonese only

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Decimal representation of this word: 閘
Unicode code for this character: U+9598 (off-site link)

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