门 門 mén gate / door / CL:扇[shan4] / gateway / doorway / CL:個|个[ge4] / opening / valve / switch / way to do something / knack / family / house / (religious) sect / school (of thought) / class / category / phylum or division (taxonomy) / classifier for large guns / classifier for lessons, subjects, branches of technology / (suffix) -gate (i.e. scandal / derived from Watergate) syn 打开 打開 dǎ kāi to open / to show (a ticket) / to turn on / to switch on syn 电 電 diàn lightning / electricity / electric (bound form) / to get (or give) an electric shock / phone call or telegram etc / to send via telephone or telegram etc syn 关掉 關掉 guān diào to switch off / to shut off syn 交换 交換 jiāo huàn to exchange / to swap / to switch (telecom) / commutative (math) / to commute syn 刹车 剎車 shā chē to brake (when driving) / to stop / to switch off / to check (bad habits) / a brake syn 电源 電源 diàn yuán electric power source 电击 電擊 diàn jī electric shock syn 转换 轉換 zhuǎn huàn to change / to switch / to convert / to transform syn 开关 開關 kāi guān power switch / gas valve / to open the city (or frontier) gate / to open and close / to switch on and off syn 电流 電流 diàn liú an electric current / (old) current intensity 电车 電車 diàn chē tram / streetcar / trolleybus / electric car / e-bike / (in the context of Japan) electric train 替换 替換 tì huàn to exchange / to replace / to substitute for / to switch syn 电缆 電纜 diàn lǎn (electric) cable syn 手电筒 手電筒 shǒu diàn tǒng flashlight / electric hand torch syn 电动 電動 diàn dòng electric-powered / (Tw) video game syn 电路 電路 diàn lù electric circuit 切换 切換 qiē huàn to switch over / to switch modes or data streams / to cut (to a new scene) 风扇 fēng shàn electric fan syn 电锯 電鋸 diàn jù electric saw (esp. electric chain saw) 转接 轉接 zhuǎn jiē (telephony etc) to switch / to connect / to transfer syn 转入 轉入 zhuǎn rù to change over to / to shift to / to switch to 电气 電氣 diàn qì electricity / electric / electrical 电线杆 電線桿 diàn xiàn gǎn electric pole / telephone pole / lamppost / CL:根[gen1] 断开 斷開 duàn kāi to break / to sever / to turn off (electric switch) 电灯 電燈 diàn dēng electric light / CL:盞|盏[zhan3] 触电 觸電 chù diàn to get an electric shock / to be electrocuted / electric shock syn 改用 gǎi yòng to change over to / to switch to / to use (sth different) 通电 通電 tōng diàn to set up an electric circuit / to electrify / to switch on / to be connected to an electricity grid / open telegram 电量 電量 diàn liàng quantity of electric charge 回路 huí lù to return / circuit (e.g. electric) / loop 电波 電波 diàn bō electric wave / alternating current syn 电钻 電鑽 diàn zuàn electric drill 转而 轉而 zhuǎn ér to turn to (sth else) / to switch to 电动车 電動車 diàn dòng chē electric vehicle (scooter, bicycle, car etc) 两极 兩極 liǎng jí the two poles / the north and south poles / both ends of sth / electric or magnetic poles 电厂 電廠 diàn chǎng electric power plant 家电 家電 jiā diàn household electric appliance / abbr. for 家用電器|家用电器 syn 电光 電光 diàn guāng electric light / lightning / electro-optical 电风扇 電風扇 diàn fēng shàn electric fan / CL:架[jia4],臺|台[tai2] syn 电荷 電荷 diàn hè electric charge 电场 電場 diàn chǎng electric field 电扇 電扇 diàn shàn electric fan syn 接地 jiē dì earth (electric connection) / to earth 交换机 交換機 jiāo huàn jī switch (telecommunications) 电动机 電動機 diàn dòng jī electric motor syn 伺服 sì fú servo (small electric motor) / computer server 电炉 電爐 diàn lú electric stove / hot plate 家用电器 家用電器 jiā yòng diàn qì domestic electric appliance syn 千瓦 qiān wǎ kilowatt (unit of electric power) syn 电弧 電弧 diàn hú electric arc 电子器件 電子器件 diàn zǐ qì jiàn electric equipment syn 电铃 電鈴 diàn líng electric bell 电热毯 電熱毯 diàn rè tǎn electric blanket 电火花 電火花 diàn huǒ huā electric spark 插口 chā kǒu socket (for an electric plug) / to interrupt (sb speaking) / to butt in syn 电焊 電焊 diàn hàn electric welding syn 整流器 zhěng liú qì rectifier (transforming alternating electric current to direct current) 负电 fù diàn negative electric charge syn 半路出家 bàn lù chū jiā switch to a job one was not trained for syn 电杆 電桿 diàn gǎn electric pole / telegraph pole 电烙铁 電烙鐵 diàn lào tie electric iron / electric soldering iron syn 道岔 dào chà railroad switch syn 电控 電控 diàn kòng electric control / electronic control 电位 電位 diàn wèi electric potential / voltage 电饭锅 電飯鍋 diàn fàn guō electric rice cooker 交换器 交換器 jiāo huàn qì (telecom or network) switch 电功率 電功率 diàn gōng lǜ electric power (measured in watts) 库仑 庫侖 kù lún coulomb (unit of electric charge) 功耗 gōng hào electric consumption / power wastage 电线杆 電線杆 diàn xiàn gān electric pole / telephone pole / lamppost / CL:根[gen1] 滤波 濾波 lǜ bō to filter electric signals 通用电气 通用電氣 tōng yòng diàn qì General Electric (GE) 电吉他 電吉他 diàn jí tā electric guitar 逆变 逆變 nì biàn reversing (e.g. electric current) 松下电器 松下電器 sōng xià diàn qì Panasonic Corporation (formerly Matsushita Electric Industrial Co.) 绕组 繞組 rào zǔ coil (in electric motor or transformer) syn 拧开 擰開 nǐng kāi to unscrew / to twist off (a lid) / to turn on (a faucet) / to switch on (by turning a knob) / to turn (a door handle) / to wrench apart 灯头 燈頭 dēng tóu electric light socket / burner (component of a kerosene lamp) / light (as a countable item, e.g. number of lights fitted in a house) 电杆 電杆 diàn gān electric pole / telephone pole 配电柜 配電櫃 pèi diàn guì power cabinet / switch box 电动葫芦 電動葫蘆 diàn dòng hú lu electric chain pulley block 换 換 huàn to exchange / to change (clothes etc) / to substitute / to switch / to convert (currency) syn 阳 陽 yáng positive (electric.) / sun / male principle (Taoism) / Yang, opposite: 陰|阴[yin1] syn 电椅 電椅 diàn yǐ electric chair (used to execute criminals) 电力网 電力網 diàn lì wǎng electric power grid / power grid 电钮 電鈕 diàn niǔ push button (electric switch) syn 电锅 電鍋 diàn guō (Tw) electric rice cooker 代步车 代步車 dài bù chē vehicle / (esp.) mobility vehicle (mobility scooter, electric wheelchair, Segway etc) 朝秦暮楚 zhāo qín mù chǔ serve Qin in the morning Chu in the evening (idiom) / quick to switch sides syn 电弧炉 diàn hú lú arc furnace / electric arc furnace 汽轮发电机 汽輪發電機 qì lún fā diàn jī steam turbine electric generator 电鳗 電鰻 diàn mán electric eel 跳闸 跳閘 tiào zhá (of a circuit breaker or switch) to trip / to jump a turnstile 热得快 熱得快 rè de kuài immersion heater / electric heater for liquid 前倨后恭 前倨後恭 qián jù hòu gōng to switch from arrogance to deference (idiom) 改换门庭 改換門庭 gǎi huàn mén tíng to improve one's family's social status by moving up in the world / to switch one's allegiance to a new patron 