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 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 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 替换 替換 tì huàn to exchange / to replace / to substitute for / to switch syn 切换 切換 qiē huàn to switch over / to switch modes or data streams / to cut (to a new scene) 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 断开 斷開 duàn kāi to break / to sever / to turn off (electric switch) 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 转而 轉而 zhuǎn ér to turn to (sth else) / to switch to 电闸 電閘 diàn zhá electric switch / circuit breaker syn 交换机 交換機 jiāo huàn jī switch (telecommunications) 半路出家 bàn lù chū jiā switch to a job one was not trained for syn 道岔 dào chà railroad switch syn 交换器 交換器 jiāo huàn qì (telecom or network) switch 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 配电柜 配電櫃 pèi diàn guì power cabinet / switch box 换 換 huàn to exchange / to change (clothes etc) / to substitute / to switch / to convert (currency) syn 闸 閘 zhá sluice / sluice gate / to dam up water / (coll.) brake / (coll.) electric switch syn 电门 電門 diàn mén electric switch syn 电钮 電鈕 diàn niǔ push button (electric switch) syn 朝秦暮楚 zhāo qín mù chǔ serve Qin in the morning Chu in the evening (idiom) / quick to switch sides syn 跳闸 跳閘 tiào zhá (of a circuit breaker or switch) to trip / to jump a turnstile 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 扳道 bān dào railroad switch 扳道岔 bān dào chà railroad switch 气动开关 氣動開關 qì dòng kāi guān pneumatic switch 总开关 總開關 zǒng kāi guān main switch 闸盒 閘盒 zhá hé electric fusebox / switch box 电键 電鍵 diàn jiàn electric key / switch syn 点火开关 點火開關 diǎn huǒ kāi guān ignition switch 诱导转向法 bait and switch 操作人失知制动装置 cào zuò rén shī zhī zhì dòng zhuāng zhì dead man's switch 分组接转网络 packet-switch network 光敏开关 光敏開關 guāng mǐn kāi guān light-sensitive switch 特洛伊木马启动开关 特洛伊木馬啟動開關 Trojan horse kill switch 叉簧 chā huáng switch hook (button or cradle of a telephone, whose function is to disconnect the call) 改学 改學 gǎi xué to switch from one major or faculty to another (at a university) 跳电 跳電 tiào diàn (of a circuit breaker or switch) to trip 转作 轉作 zhuǎn zuò (agriculture) to switch to growing a different crop 闭麦 閉麥 bì mài to switch one's microphone to "mute" / (fig.) to go silent 