Chinese Word: 闩 - Talking Chinese English Dictionary

闩 (Trad.: 閂)

Pinyin: shuān

English Definition: bolt; latch; to bolt; to latch

Chinese Definition:
①横插在门后使门推不开的棍子。
②用闩插上门：把门闩上。

Total strokes: 4; Radical: 門

Ideographic:A bar 一 laid across a gate 门

Character Formation:

⿵ Surround from above
- 门 [ mén ] gate, door, entrance, opening
- 一 [ yī ] one; a, an; alone

Similar Characters: 冈门闪冂问闫闷

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门闩	mén shuān	horizontal bar to hold a door closed (made of wood or metal); door bolt
锁闩	suǒ shuān	latch; bolt (to lock a door or window)
枪闩	qiāng shuān	breech bolt (e.g. of rifle)

1		tā 她 zhèng zài 正在 jiǎn chá 检查 mén suǒ 门锁 hé 和 chuāng 窗 shuān 闩。 She ischecking the locks on the doors, the latches on the windows.
2		lí kāi 离开 qián 前 yào 要 bǎ mén 把门、 chuāng hu 窗户 shuān 闩 shàng 上。 Bolt the door and windows before you leave.
3		bái tiān 白天 hé 和 yè li 夜里， tā 它 dōu 都 zhǐ 只 shàng 上 yī gè 一个 huó 活 shuān 闩。 It is never fastened with anything but a latch, either by day or by night.
4		tū rán 突然 chuāng lián 窗帘 kāi 开 le 了， tā 她 dǎ kāi 打开 chuāng 窗 shuān 闩， tuī kāi 推开 chuāng hu 窗户。 Suddenly the curtains flick apart, and she reaches through to unlock the latch. She slides up the window.
5		àn 暗 nèn 嫩 de 的 pú rén 仆人 jiù 就 bǎ 把 tā 她 gǎn 赶 chū qù 出去， guān mén 关门 shàng shuān 上闩。 Then his servant brought her out, and bolted the door after her.

1		tā 她 zhèng zài 正在 jiǎn chá 检查 mén suǒ 门锁 hé 和 chuāng 窗 shuān 闩。 She ischecking the locks on the doors, the latches on the windows.
2		lí kāi 离开 qián 前 yào 要 bǎ mén 把门、 chuāng hu 窗户 shuān 闩 shàng 上。 Bolt the door and windows before you leave.
3		bái tiān 白天 hé 和 yè li 夜里， tā 它 dōu 都 zhǐ 只 shàng 上 yī gè 一个 huó 活 shuān 闩。 It is never fastened with anything but a latch, either by day or by night.
4		tū rán 突然 chuāng lián 窗帘 kāi 开 le 了， tā 她 dǎ kāi 打开 chuāng 窗 shuān 闩， tuī kāi 推开 chuāng hu 窗户。 Suddenly the curtains flick apart, and she reaches through to unlock the latch. She slides up the window.
5		àn 暗 nèn 嫩 de 的 pú rén 仆人 jiù 就 bǎ 把 tā 她 gǎn 赶 chū qù 出去， guān mén 关门 shàng shuān 上闩。 Then his servant brought her out, and bolted the door after her.