閘 (zaap6 | zha2) : gate

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閘

zaap6

zha2

[1] gate; door gate; water gate
[2] brake; switch
[3] [v] dam up a stream, river, etc

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Stroke count: 13

Level: 3

Radical: (#169)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

閘 / 闸

This word has been viewed 6596 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 8th Jul 2009 20:46

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閘口 zaap6 hau2 = choke; inlet

鐵閘 tit3 zaap6 tie3 zha2 = 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

落閘放狗 lok6 zaap6 fong3 gau2 = not going to let you go 粵
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車站入閘後及車廂內，嚴禁飲食
Eating or drinking is not allowed on trains, or in the paid areas of stations.
[MTR announcement]

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

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