开关

Pattern visualization

Examples

1. 请按一下墙上的开关。▶ —
   Please press the switch on the wall.
2. 这个开关坏了,灯打不开。▶ —
   This switch is broken; the light won’t turn on.

Collocations

Mnemonic

开 kāi "to open/on" + 关 guān "to close/off": the device that turns things on and off, i.e. a switch. Two opposite verbs combine into a noun for "what opens and closes power". 电源开关 = power switch.

Related

Quick check

1. What do the two opposite characters in 开关 form?

   • an on/off device (a switch)
   • a doorkeeper
   • start and end
   • entering and exiting