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Hanzi

閥 / 阀

Traditional
閥
Simplified
阀

powerful individual, family or group/clique/(loanword) valve

Hanzi

Grade

Grade 9

Pinyin

fá

Bopomofo

ㄈㄚˊ

Jyutping

fat6

Example sentences

軍閥 / 军阀 jūnfá
戰亂中，地方軍閥控制了幾座城市。
战乱中，地方军阀控制了几座城市。

In the chaos of war, local warlords controlled several cities.

霸 bà
軍閥各霸一方，百姓生活很苦。
军阀各霸一方，百姓生活很苦。

The warlords each dominated their own territory, and the common people lived in hardship.

閥 / 阀 fá
維修水管前，工程師先關閉總閥。
维修水管前，工程师先关闭总阀。

Before repairing the water pipe, the engineer first shut off the main valve.

閥門 / 阀门 fámén
請檢查一下這個安全閥門。
请检查一下这个安全阀门。

Please check this safety valve.

Example Vocabulary

軍閥

jun1'fa2

warlord; military faction or commander controlling territory and politics

閥

fa2

valve; also, a powerful family or faction

閥門

fa2'men2

valve

財閥

cai2'fa2

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