Mountain pass in Chinese: 关 (guān)

guān

mountain pass

HSK 3Traditional: 2 example sentences

Definitions

  1. 1mountain pass
  2. 2to close; to shut; to turn off
  3. 3to confine; to lock (sb) up; to shut (sb in a room, a bird in a cage etc)
  4. 4to concern; to involve

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guān

/ g/ u/ an/ first tone

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  • 灯已关了。

    dēng yǐ guān le。

    The lights are out.

  • 咬紧牙关。

    yǎo jǐn yá guān。

    Bite the bullet.

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