"to lock" Chinese-English Dictionary
| Chinese | Pinyin | Translation | Actions |
|---|---|---|---|
| 关 關 | mountain pass / to close / to shut / to turn off / to confine / to lock (sb) up / to shut (sb in a room, a bird in a cage etc) / to concern / to involve | syn | |
| 锁定 鎖定 | to lock (a door) / to close with a latch / to lock into place / a lock / a latch / to lock a computer file (to prevent it being overwritten) / to lock (denying access to a computer system or device or files, e.g. by password-protection) / to focus attention on / to target | ||
| 锁上 鎖上 | to lock / to lock up | ||
| 上锁 上鎖 | to lock / to be locked | syn | |
| 闭锁 閉鎖 | to lock | syn | |
| 锁掉 鎖掉 | lock up / lock out / to lock | ||
| 关紧 關緊 | to close firmly / to fasten securely / to make fast / to lock |
| Chinese | Pinyin | Translation | Actions |
|---|---|---|---|
| 关门 關門 | to close a door / to lock a door / (of a shop etc) to close (for the night, or permanently) | syn | |
| 封锁 封鎖 | to blockade / to seal off / to lock down | syn | |
| 上门 上門 | to drop in / to visit / to lock a door / (of a shop) to close / to go and live with one's wife's family, in effect becoming a member of her family | syn | |
| 门锁 門鎖 | door lock | ||
| 关押 關押 | to imprison / to lock up (in jail) | syn | |
| 锁门 鎖門 | to lock the door | ||
| 亡羊补牢 亡羊補牢 | lit. to mend the pen after sheep are lost (idiom) / fig. to act belatedly / better late than never / to lock the stable door after the horse has bolted | syn | |
| 水闸 水閘 | sluice / water gate / waterlocks / floodgate / lock / dam | syn | |
| 角力 | to wrestle / (fig.) to lock horns / to tussle / to wrangle / Taiwan pr. [jiao3li4] | ||
| 船闸 船閘 | a canal lock | ||
| 密码锁 密碼鎖 | combination lock | ||
| 圈 | to confine / to lock up / to pen in | syn | |
| 拒之门外 拒之門外 | to lock one's door and refuse to see sb | ||
| 绺 綹 | skein / tuft / lock | syn | |
| 锁钥 鎖鑰 | key and lock / (fig.) strategic place | syn | |
| 磁力锁 磁力鎖 | magnetic lock | ||
| 暗锁 暗鎖 | built-in lock | ||
| 弹簧锁 彈簧鎖 | spring lock | syn | |
| 闭门觅句 閉門覓句 | lit. lock the door and search for the right word (idiom) / fig. the serious hard work of writing | ||
| 镣锁 鐐鎖 | fetter lock (to restrain horse) / handcuff lock | ||
| 撬锁 撬鎖 | to pick a lock / to force a lock | ||
| 弹子锁 彈子鎖 | pin tumbler lock / spring lock | ||
| 锁屏 鎖屏 | (computing) to lock the screen / lock screen | ||
| 大写锁定 大寫鎖定 | caps lock | ||
| 空气缓冲间 空氣緩衝間 | air lock | ||
| 撞锁 撞鎖 | lock | syn | |
| 鑐 | bolt of a Chinese lock | ||
| 一把钥匙开一把锁 一把鑰匙開一把鎖 | One key opens one lock. / There is a different solution for each problem. (idiom) | ||
| 一见高低 一見高低 | lit. to fight it out with sb to see who is best (idiom) / fig. to cross swords with / to lock horns | ||
| 插锁 插鎖 | mortise lock | ||
| 转字锁 轉字鎖 | combination lock | ||
| 锁掣 鎖掣 | catch (of a lock) | ||
| 锁闩 鎖閂 | latch / bolt (to lock a door or window) | ||
| 闭锁期 閉鎖期 | lock-up period (on stock options) | ||
| 撞针保险 撞針保險 | firing pin lock / firing pin block | ||
| 弹匣卡榫 彈匣卡榫 | magazine catch / magazine latch / magazine lock / magazine release / magazine locking device | ||
| 目标锁定顺序 目標鎖定順序 | target lock-on sequence | ||
| 目标截获顺序 目標截獲順序 | target lock-on sequence | ||
| 顶牛儿 頂牛兒 | to push with the forehead / to lock horns / to be at loggerheads | syn | |
| 一股脑 一股腦 | all of it / lock, stock and barrel | ||
| 锁区 鎖區 | region lock (gaming etc) | ||
| 封城 | to lock down a city | ||
| 封控 | to lock down |