闸门 (zhá mén) — sluice gate; lock gate; (mechanical) throttle valve

Definition

Examples

• 水电站的闸门正在检修。
  Shuǐ diàn zhàn de zhá mén zhèng zài jiǎn xiū.
  The sluice gate of the hydropower station is being repaired.
• 工人打开了闸门，让水流过去。
  Gōng rén dǎ kāi le zhá mén, ràng shuǐ liú guò qù.
  The workers opened the sluice gate to let the water flow through.
• 这个闸门控制着管道的压力。
  Zhè ge zhá mén kòng zhì zhe guǎn dào de yā lì.
  This throttle valve controls the pressure in the pipeline.