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Turn off in Chinese

to turn off (a phone, computer etc.) · HSK 3

关机 guān jī

  1. 关 guān to close
  2. 机 jī machine

上课的时候请关机。 Please turn off your phone during class.

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How do you say turn off in Chinese?

Turn off in Chinese is 关机 (guān jī). You can also say 关 (guān), 关闭 (guān bì).

Which word should I use?

Start with the first one: it is the easiest on the HSK list. The others say it too, often in a more formal way or for a narrower sense; each one’s page has real sentences that show how it is used.

Where do these words come from?

The CC-CEDICT dictionary’s meanings for the official HSK word list. A word is shown for an English word when that is one of its first meanings; the easiest word whose first meaning it is comes first.

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