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闭

bì

HSK 5 Character Traditional 閉

What 闭 means

1. to close
2. to stop up
3. to shut
4. to obstruct

Example sentences

• 闭嘴！
  Shut up!
• 闭嘴。
  Shut up.
• 关闭电视机
  Guānbì diànshìjī
  Turn off the TV.
• 她闭着眼。
  Tā bìzhe yǎn.
  She has her eyes closed.
• 闭嘴看着。
  Keep your mouth shut and your eyes open.
• 闭眼睡觉。
  Close your eyes and go to sleep.

Words starting with 闭

• 闭塞bì sèto stop up; to close up; hard to get to
• 闭上bì shangto close; to shut up
• 闭嘴bì zuǐShut up!; same as 闭上嘴巴
• 闭幕bì mùthe curtain falls; lower the curtain; to come to an end (of a meeting)
• 闭门bì ménto close a door
• 闭幕式bì mù shìclosing ceremony
• 闭起bì qǐto shut
• 闭关bì guānto close the passes; to seal off the country; seclusion…
• 闭目养神bì mù yǎng shénto relax with one's eyes closed
• 闭路电视bì lù diàn shìclosed-circuit television
• 闭合bì héto close by coming together…
• 闭馆bì guǎn(of libraries, museums etc) to be closed
• 闭包bì bāoclosure (math.)
• 闭域bì yùclosed domain; algebraically closed field (math.), e.g. complex number field 复数域
• 闭会bì huìclose a meeting
• 闭源bì yuán(computing) closed-source
• 闭环bì huánclosed loop
• 闭经bì jīngamenorrhoea
• 闭着bì zheclosed
• 闭集bì jíclosed set (math.)
• 闭麦bì màito switch one's microphone to "mute"; (fig.) to go silent
• 闭元音bì yuán yīnclose vowel
• 闭区间bì qū jiānclosed interval (in calculus)
• 闭子集bì zǐ jíclosed subset (math.)

Words containing 闭

• 关闭guān bìto close; to shut (a window etc); (of a shop, school etc) to shut down
• 封闭fēng bìto close; to seal off; to close down (an illegal venue)…
• 倒闭dǎo bìto go bankrupt; to close down
• 紧闭jǐn bìto close securely; tightly closed; secure
• 自闭症zì bì zhèngautism
• 密闭mì bìsealed; airtight
• 巴闭bā bì(Cantonese, Jyutping: baa1 bai3); to act high and mighty…
• 经闭jīng bìamenorrhoea
• 密闭门mì bì ménairtight door
• 关禁闭guān jìn bìto put in detention (a soldier, a pupil)
• 撒手闭眼sā shǒu bì yǎnto have nothing further to do with a matter (idiom)
• 深闭固拒shēn bì gù jùdeep, closed and refusing (idiom); obstinate; stubborn and perverse
• 夜不闭户yè bù bì hùlit. doors not locked at night (idiom); fig. stable society
• 封闭性fēng bì xìngclosed; encapsulated
• 开闭幕式kāi bì mù shìopening and closing ceremonies
• 牙关紧闭症yá guān jǐn bì zhènglockjaw; trismus
• 密闭舱mì bì cāngsealed cabin
• 密闭货舱mì bì huò cāngsealed cabin
• 幽闭恐惧yōu bì kǒng jùclaustrophobia
• 幽闭恐惧症yōu bì kǒng jù zhèngclaustrophobia
• 睁只眼闭只眼zhēng zhī yǎn bì zhī yǎnto turn a blind eye
• 吃闭门羹chī bì mén gēngto be refused entrance; to find the door closed
• 癃闭lóng bìillness having to do with obstruction of urine flow; (Chinese medicine)…
• 睁一眼闭一眼zhēng yī yǎn bì yī yǎnto turn a blind eye

Characters that look like 闭

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 团tuánround; lump; ball
• 园yuánland used for growing plants; site used for public recreation…
• 丽lìbeautiful
• 闲xiánenclosure; (variant of 闲; unoccupied
• 闵Mǐnsurname Min
• 囡nānchild; daughter

Sounds the same

Read bì, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 必certainly; must; will
• 毕the whole of; to finish; to complete
• 避to avoid; to shun; to flee
• 币money; coins; currency
• 壁wall; rampart
• 庇to protect; cover; shelter
• 臂arm
• 蔽to cover; to shield; to screen
• 弊detriment; fraud; harm
• 痹paralysis; numbness
• 碧green jade; bluish green; blue
• 璧jade annulus