断开

Traditional form:

斷開

Pinyin (reading):

duànkāi

Definitions:

• to break
• to sever
• to turn off (electric switch)

Characters:

• 断 - to sever, to cut off, to interrupt
• 开 - to open; to start, to initiate, to begin

Traditional characters:

• 斷 - to sever, to cut off, to interrupt
• 開 - to open; to start, to initiate, to begin