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閘口

简闸口 · 繁閘口

Mandarin · pinyin zhá kǒu

open sluice gate
(toll) station
boarding gate (airport etc)
(fig.) gateway (access point)

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閘: Look up this written character
口: kǒu · mouth; open end; entrance, gate
闸: zhá · sluice; flood gate, canal lock

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2–3 · zha2 kou3

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zaap6 hau2

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noun

sluiceway; open sluice gate
(by extension, chiefly Cantonese) gate or gateway, especially a toll station or boarding gate (in the airport)

name

(～鎮) Zhakou (a town in Gong'an, Jingzhou, Hubei, China)

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