Miaozi

闸

閘

zháㄓㄚˊ
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HSK 7

Meaning

Meanings

  1. 1

    sluice; sluice gate

  2. 2

    to dam up water

  3. 3

    (coll.) brake

  4. 4

    (coll.) electric switch

Examples

See it in context

愚蠢骑着没有闸的单车。

愚蠢騎着沒有閘的單車。

Stupidity is riding a bike that doesn't have brakes.

Characters

Character breakdown

门

mén

surname Men

甲

jiǎ

first of the ten Heavenly Stems 十天干[shi2 tian1 gan1]

Stroke practice

Practice writing 闸

Characters

simplified script

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