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Meaning of 闭

Pinyin bì

Radical

门

Strokes

Definition

to close / stop up / shut / obstruct

Usage

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闭 (bì) 1. 关，合。(To shut; to close.) - 关：封～。～门。～合。～关锁国。～门思过。 - To shut: seal shut; close the door; close up; close and block the country; close the door and reflect. 2. 结束，停止。(To end; to stop.) - ～会。～幕。～市。 - End a meeting; close a curtain; stop trading. 3. 堵塞，不通。(To block; to be obstructed.) - ～气。～塞（sè）。 - Stop up; obstruction. 4. 姓。(A surname.) - A surname. 动词 (Verb) 本义: 关门，把门合闭起来 (Original meaning: to shut the door, to close the door) 造字法: 会意。从门，从才。“才”是用来闭门的东西。 (Character formation: associative; "门" (door) + "才" (thing used to close the door).) 1. 同本义 ([En.] shut the door) - 引: 《说文》：闭，阖门也。 - Example: "Shut the door." 2. 泛指闭合，合拢 ([En.] close; shut) - 引: 《史记·张仪列传》：愿陈子闭口，毋复言。 - Example: 如:闭目;闭嘴;闭合电路;闭口结舌;闭卷(答题时不能查阅有关资料的考试方法) - Close eyes; shut mouth; close an electric circuit; speechless; close book (exam method that does not allow reference to materials). 3. 壅塞不通 ([En.] stop up; obstruct) - 引: 《国语·晋语》：闭而不通。 - Example: 如:闭绝(堵塞;杜绝);闭心(闭绝欲望) - Blocked; block desire. 4. 禁绝 ([En.] prohibit) - 引: 《史记·乐书》：礼者，所以闭淫也。 - Example: 如:闭淫(禁绝邪淫);闭钳(禁制);闭籴(禁止输出，封闭其买入米谷的通道) - Prohibit evil desires; prohibition; close channels for buying rice and grain. 5. 停止;结束 ([En.] stop; end) - Example: 如:闭歇(停业);闭经;闭会 - Stop business; close course; end the meeting. 名词 (Noun) 1. 门闩的孔 ([En.] hole in bolt) - 引: 《韩非子·主道》：不谨其闭，不固其门，虎乃将存。 - Example: 键闭 (lock hole). 2. 古时称立秋、立冬为“闭”，意即开始闭藏的气节 ([En.] the Beginning of Autumn or Winter) - 引: 《左传》：凡分、至、启、闭，必书云物。 - Refers to the seasons marking the beginning of concealed storage.

启闭 qǐ bì

start and stop / on and off

闭塞 bì sè

to stop up / to close up / hard to get to / out of the way / inaccessible / unenlightened / blocking

封闭 fēng bì

to seal / to close / to confine / to seal off / to close down / sealed / confined / closed / unreceptive

半封闭 bàn fēng bì

semi-closed

封闭式 fēng bì shì

closed / enclosed / potted / closed type

闭幕 bì mù

the curtain falls / lower the curtain / to come to an end (of a meeting)

幽闭 yōu bì

put under house arrest / confine oneself indoors

关闭 guān bì

to close / to shut

倒闭 dǎo bì

to go bankrupt / to close down

闭会 bì huì

close a meeting

癃闭 lóng bì

illness having to do with obstruction of urine flow / (Chinese medicine) / retention of urine

闭门羹 bì mén gēng

see 吃閉門羹|吃闭门羹[chi1 bi4 men2 geng1]

紧闭 jǐn bì

to close securely / tightly closed / secure

郁闭 yù bì

closing

闭锁 bì suǒ

to lock

闭关锁国 bì guān suǒ guó

to close the passes and seal off the country / to close a country to exclude foreign contact

闭目 bì mù

eye closure

闭合 bì hé

to close by coming together (like the lips of a wound, the doors of an elevator, the walls of a channel) / to close by connecting in a loop (like a circuit) / closed-loop

闭关 bì guān

to close the passes / to seal off the country / seclusion (monastic practice, e.g. of Chan Buddhists)

闭眼 bì yǎn

close one's eyes

闭门 bì mén

to close a door

密闭 mì bì

sealed / airtight

闭关自守 bì guān zì shǒu

close the country to international intercourse

闭口 bì kǒu

shut up

闭目养神 bì mù yǎng shén

to relax with one's eyes closed

闭经 bì jīng

amenorrhoea

闭壳龟 bì ké guī

Turtle