zhá

Traditional: 閘

HSK 7–9

闸 (zhá) is a Chinese word meaning “sluice; sluice gate; to dam up water; (coll.) brake”.

Meanings

  1. 1sluice; sluice gate
  2. 2to dam up water
  3. 3(coll.) brake
  4. 4(coll.) electric switch
Part of speech
noun

Related words

闸门sluice gate闸old variant of 閘|闸[zha2]气闸pneumatic brake电闸electric switch闸口open sluice gate水闸sluice跳闸(of a circuit breaker or switch) to trip车闸brake (of a car, bicycle etc)船闸navigation lock下闸lower sluice gate大闸蟹Chinese mitten crab (Eriocheir sinensis); Shanghai hairy crab手闸handbrake

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