开关
kāi guān
switch
The English word 'switch' is translated to Mandarin Chinese as '开关'. The word 开关 is usually used to refer to a mechanism that interrupts the flow of current in an electrical circuit or changes the level of power in a circuit. It suggests the concept of shifting, transforming or varying between different states or conditions.
Example sentences using: 开关
我找不到开关。
Wǒ zhǎobudào kāiguān.
I can't find the switch.
Use this phrase when you can't find the switch of a device, such like light, fan, or any electric devices.
开关在哪儿？
Kāiguān zài nǎ'er?
Where is the switch?
Use this phrase when you need to find the switch of a device but you don't know where it is.
开关已经坏了。
Kāiguān yǐjīng huài le.
The switch is broken.
This sentence could be used in a situation when you find out that a light switch, or any type of switch, is not working properly anymore.
请你按一下开关。
Qǐng nǐ àn yīxià kāiguān.
Please press the switch.
You could use this phrase when you want someone to press a switch, for example, to turn on/off the light.
这个开关控制的是什么？
Zhège kāiguān kòngzhì de shì shénme?
What does this switch control?
You can use this sentence when you see a switch, but you do not know what it controls.
我忘记打开开关了。
Wǒ wàngjì dǎkāi kāiguān le.
I forgot to turn on the switch.
You can use this sentence when you remember that you forgot to turn on a switch earlier.
你能帮我检查开关吗？
Nǐ néng bāng wǒ jiǎnchá kāiguān ma?
Can you help me check the switch?
This phrase could be used when you need someone's help to check if a switch is functioning properly.
请把开关调到最高。
Qǐng bǎ kāiguān tiáo dào zuì gāo.
Please turn the switch up to the highest.
You could use this sentence when you want someone to adjust a switch, possibly a volume or light switch, to its highest level.
谁动了我的开关？
Shuí dòng le wǒ de kāiguān?
Who touched my switch?
This sentence could be used when you realize that someone has manipulated a switch that you didn't want to be touched.
请立即关闭所有的开关。
Qǐng lìjí guānbì suǒyǒu de kāiguān.
Please immediately turn off all the switches.
You could say this when you urgently need all the switches to be turned off for some reason, such as for safety measures.