Chinese Word: 阀 - Talking Chinese English Dictionary

阀 (Trad.: 閥)

Pinyin: fá

English Definition: powerful individual, family or group; clique; (loanword) valve

Chinese Definition:
①古代指有权势的家庭：门阀。阀阅(封建时代指有功勋、有权势的世家。亦作“伐阅”。
②凭借权势造成特殊地位的个人或集团(含贬义)：军阀。财阀。党阀。
③机器中调节流体流量、压力和流动方向的装置，［例］截止阀、单向阀、减压阀、安全阀等。亦称“阀门”、“活门”。

Total strokes: 9; Radical: 門

Pictophonetic:伐 indicates the sound; 门 (gate) conveys the meaning.

Character Formation:

⿵ Surround from above
- 门 [ mén ] gate, door, entrance, opening
- 伐 [ fá ] cut down, subjugate, attack

Similar Characters: 阆

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军阀	jūn fá	military clique; junta; warlord
北洋军阀	běi yáng jūn fá	the Northern Warlords (1912-1927)
阀门	fá mén	valve (mechanical)
门阀	mén fá	rich and powerful family
财阀	cái fá	plutocracy; monopolistic corporation, esp. prewar Japanese zaibatsu; Korean chaebol; plutocrat; tycoon; oligarch; financial magnate

1		wǒ men 我们 kāi 开 fá 阀 cóng 从 qì chē 汽车 de 的 sàn rè qì 散热器 zhōng 中 pái qì 排气。 We bled off the carradiator by opening a valve.
2		tā 它 zuì chū 最初 xiǎng 想 lì yòng 利用 jī qì rén 机器人 lái 来 qǐ dòng 启动 qiē duàn 切断 fá 阀。 Itinitially deployed robots to try to activate the shut-off valve.
3		dà xiào 大笑 shì 是 yī gè 一个 yā lì fá 压力阀， tā 它 kě yǐ 可以 shì fàng 释放 jī ròu 肌肉 jǐn zhāng 紧张。 Laughter is a pressure valve which releases muscle tension.
4		rú guǒ 如果 xū yào 需要 zǔ zhǐ 阻止 wū shuǐ 污水 jìn rù 进入 jiā zhōng 家中， qǐng 请 guān bì 关闭 jìn shuǐ fá 进水阀。 Shut off your incoming water valve if you need to stop contaminated water from entering your home.
5		rán ér 然而 zhè xiē 这些 shuǐ bèng 水泵 yǔ 与 xì tǒng 系统 de 的 lián jiē 连接 bèi 被 guān bì 关闭 fá 阀 duàn kāi 断开。 However, these pumps are disconnected from the system by cutoff valves.

1		wǒ men 我们 kāi 开 fá 阀 cóng 从 qì chē 汽车 de 的 sàn rè qì 散热器 zhōng 中 pái qì 排气。 We bled off the carradiator by opening a valve.
2		tā 它 zuì chū 最初 xiǎng 想 lì yòng 利用 jī qì rén 机器人 lái 来 qǐ dòng 启动 qiē duàn 切断 fá 阀。 Itinitially deployed robots to try to activate the shut-off valve.
3		dà xiào 大笑 shì 是 yī gè 一个 yā lì fá 压力阀， tā 它 kě yǐ 可以 shì fàng 释放 jī ròu 肌肉 jǐn zhāng 紧张。 Laughter is a pressure valve which releases muscle tension.
4		rú guǒ 如果 xū yào 需要 zǔ zhǐ 阻止 wū shuǐ 污水 jìn rù 进入 jiā zhōng 家中， qǐng 请 guān bì 关闭 jìn shuǐ fá 进水阀。 Shut off your incoming water valve if you need to stop contaminated water from entering your home.
5		rán ér 然而 zhè xiē 这些 shuǐ bèng 水泵 yǔ 与 xì tǒng 系统 de 的 lián jiē 连接 bèi 被 guān bì 关闭 fá 阀 duàn kāi 断开。 However, these pumps are disconnected from the system by cutoff valves.