"Switch" • Chinese-English Dictionary
| 交换 | jiāo huàn | to exchange / to swap / to switch (telecom) / commutative (math) / to commute |   |
| 门 |  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) | |
| 换 | huàn | to exchange / to change (clothes etc) / to substitute / to switch / to convert (currency) | |
| 转换 | zhuǎn huàn | to change / to switch / to convert / to transform | |
| 交换机 | jiāo huàn jī | switch (telecommunications) | |
| 替换 | tì huàn | to exchange / to replace / to substitute for / to switch | |
| 转接 | zhuǎn jiē | (telephony etc) to switch / to connect / to transfer | |
| 交换器 | jiāo huàn qì | (telecom or network) switch | |
| 电键 | diàn jiàn | electric key / switch | |
| 打开 | dǎ kāi | to open / to show (a ticket) / to turn on / to switch on | |
| 开关 | kāi guān | power switch / gas valve / to open the city (or frontier) gate / to open and close / to switch on and off | |
| 切换 | qiē huàn | to switch over / to switch modes or data streams / to cut (to a new scene) | |
| 转入 | zhuǎn rù | to change over to / to shift to / to switch to | |
| 刹车 | shā chē | to brake (when driving) / to stop / to switch off / to check (bad habits) / a brake | |
| 关掉 | guān diào | to switch off / to shut off | |
| 转而 | zhuǎn ér | to turn to (sth else) / to switch to | |
| 改用 | gǎi yòng | to change over to / to switch to / to use (sth different) | |
| 通电 | tōng diàn | to set up an electric circuit / to electrify / to switch on / to be connected to an electricity grid / open telegram | |
| 拧开 | 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 | pèi diàn guì | power cabinet / switch box | |
| 半路出家 | bàn lù chū jiā | switch to a job one was not trained for | |
| 道岔 | dào chà | railroad switch | |
| 电闸 | diàn zhá | electric switch / circuit breaker | |
| 电门 | diàn mén | electric switch | |
| 朝秦暮楚 | zhāo Qín mù Chǔ | serve Qin in the morning Chu in the evening (idiom) / quick to switch sides | |
| 闸 | zhá | sluice / sluice gate / to dam up water / (coll.) brake / (coll.) electric switch | |
| 前倨后恭 | qián jù hòu gōng | to switch from arrogance to deference (idiom) | |
| 改换门庭 | 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 | qì dòng kāi guān | pneumatic switch | |
| 总开关 | zǒng kāi guān | main switch | |
| 起动钮 | qǐ dòng niǔ | starter button / on switch | |
| 闸盒 | zhá hé | electric fusebox / switch box | |
| 点火开关 | 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 | |
| 光敏开关 | guāng mǐn kāi guān | light-sensitive switch | |
| 特洛伊木马启动开关 | 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 | gǎi xué | to switch from one major or faculty to another (at a university) | |
| 转作 | zhuǎn zuò | (agriculture) to switch to growing a different crop | |
| 闭麦 | bì mài | to switch one's microphone to "mute" / (fig.) to go silent | |
