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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 开关

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
开关 kāi guān - power switch
- gas valve
- to open the city (or frontier) gate
- to open and close
- to switch on and off

List Ranking:

Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.

HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
- 6 7,523 7,958 8,648

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
kāi- to open (transitive or intransitive)
- (of ships, vehicles, troops etc) to start
- to turn on; to put in operation; to operate; to run
- to boil
- to write out (a prescription, check, invoice etc)
- (directional complement) away; off
- carat (gold)
- abbr. for Kelvin, 開爾文|开尔文[Kai1er3wen2]
- abbr. for 開本|开本[kai1ben3], book format
guān- surname Guan
guān- mountain pass
- to close; to shut; to turn off
- to confine; to lock (sb) up; to shut (sb in a room, a bird in a cage etc)
- to concern; to involve

Other Words Containing 开关

Sorted by the 'SUBTLEX-CH' rank because that seems like the most reliable. Words without a SUBTLEX-CH rank are ignored for being too rare.

Word HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
开关 - 6 7,523 7,958 8,648