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 jiāo huàn to exchange / to swap / to switch (telecom) / commutative (math) / to commute
 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)
 huàn to exchange / to change (clothes etc) / to substitute / to switch / to convert (currency)
 zhuǎn huàn to change / to switch / to convert / to transform
 jiāo huàn jī switch (telecommunications)
 tì huàn to exchange / to replace / to substitute for / to switch
 lún huàn to rotate / to take turns / to switch
 zhuǎn jiē (telephony etc) to switch / to connect / to transfer
 jiāo huàn qì (telecom or network) switch
 diàn jiàn electric key / switch
 dǎ kāi to open / to show (a ticket) / to turn on / to switch on
 kāi guān power switch / gas valve / to open the city (or frontier) gate / to open and close / to switch on and off
 qiē huàn to switch over / to switch modes or data streams / to cut (to a new scene)
 zhuǎn rù to change over to / to shift to / to switch to
 shā chē to brake (when driving) / to stop / to switch off / to check (bad habits) / a brake
 guān diào to switch off / to shut off
 zhuǎn ér to turn to (sth else) / to switch to
 gǎi yòng to change over to / to switch to / to use (sth different)
 tōng diàn to set up an electric circuit / to electrify / to switch on / to be connected to an electricity grid / open telegram
 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
 pèi diàn guì power cabinet / switch box
 bàn lù chū jiā switch to a job one was not trained for
 dào chà railroad switch
 diàn zhá electric switch / circuit breaker
 diàn mén electric switch
 zhāo Qín mù Chǔ serve Qin in the morning Chu in the evening (idiom) / quick to switch sides
 zhá gear / brake / sluice / lock (on waterway) / electric switch or circuit breaker
 qián jù hòu gōng to switch from arrogance to deference (idiom)
 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
 bān dào railroad switch
 bān dào chà railroad switch
 qì dòng kāi guān pneumatic switch
 zǒng kāi guān main switch
 qǐ dòng niǔ starter button / on switch
 zhá hé electric fusebox / switch box
 diǎn huǒ kāi guān ignition switch
  bait and switch
 cào zuò rén shī zhī zhì dòng zhuāng zhì dead man's switch
 guāng mǐn kāi guān light-sensitive switch
  Trojan horse kill switch
 chā huáng switch hook (button or cradle of a telephone, whose function is to disconnect the call)
 gǎi xué to switch from one major or faculty to another (at a university)
 zhuǎn zuò (agriculture) to switch to growing a different crop
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