閘 (zaap6) — dam up a stream, river, etc in Cantonese
zaapˍ₆閘简 闸
Mandarin Pinyin: zha2
Meaning of 閘
noundam up a stream, river, etc
noungate; door gate; water gate
nounbrake; switch
noun(noun) gate or door gate
Example Sentences with 閘
車站入閘後及車廂內，嚴禁飲食
Eating or drinking is not allowed on trains, or in the paid areas of stations.
zip˗₃摺zaapˍ₆閘houˊ²好cungˏ₅重wo3.喎。
The roller shutter is very heavy.
gaa˗₃架ceˉ¹車haiˊ²喺zip˗₃摺zaap6.閘。
The car is by the roller shutter.
zip˗₃摺zaapˍ₆閘saanˉ¹閂zo2.咗。
The roller shutter is closed.
bongˉ¹幫ngoˏ₅我lokˍ₆落zip˗₃摺zaap6.閘。
Help me lower the roller shutter.
Words Containing 閘
入閘jap6 zaap6
to enter the gate (of MTR)
閘門zaap6 mun4
gate; sluice gate (on waterways)
閘口zaap6 hau2
choke; inlet
趟開鐵閘tong3 hoi1 tit3 zaap6
slide open the gate
大閘蟹daai6 zaap6 haai5
loser in financial/property market (see Note 2)
埋閘maai4 zaap6
closing the gate
拉閘放狗laai1 zaap6 fong3 gau2
(to close the gate and unleash the dogs to ward off burglars); to express that a place is closed and visitors are not welcome; a phrase used for telling coworkers that it's time to lock up soon so that they should hurry and finish what they are doing; a phrase used to warn those who come asking for trouble to watch out and be careful of their actions; to pull down the shutters and finish for the day [colloquial]
搶閘coeng2 zaap6
rush to get a head start or be the first one out at the starting gate
摺閘zip3 zaap6
folding gate
閘住zaap6 zyu6
used to tell someone to quit speaking about sth unlucky (lit., "close gate")
鐵閘tit3 zaap6
iron gate
側閘zak1 zaap6
a side (flood)gate
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