闭 bì

shut, close; obstruct, block up

HSK 5 #1267

DEFINITIONS

  • shut, close
  • obstruct, block up
  • to close
  • to stop up
  • to shut
  • to obstruct

STROKES

WORDS

关闭 guān bì
HSK 5
to close; to shut
封闭 fēng bì
HSK 6
to seal; to close; to confine; to seal off; to close down; sealed; confined; closed; unreceptive
倒闭 dǎo bì
HSK 6
to go bankrupt; to close down
闭塞 bì sè
HSK 6
to stop up; to close up; hard to get to; out of the way; inaccessible; unenlightened; blocking
关禁闭 guān jìn bì to put in detention (a soldier, a pupil)
闭路电视 bì lù diàn shì closed-circuit television
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
密闭 mì bì sealed; airtight
闭关 bì guān to close the passes; to seal off the country; seclusion (monastic practice, e.g. of Chan Buddhists)
闭门羹 bì mén gēng see 吃閉門羹|吃闭门羹[chi1 bi4 men2 geng1]
闭幕 bì mù the curtain falls; lower the curtain; to come to an end (of a meeting)
闭幕式 bì mù shì closing ceremony
吃闭门羹 chī bì mén gēng to be refused entrance (idiom); to find the door closed
夜不闭户 yè bù bì hù lit. doors not locked at night (idiom); fig. stable society
闭会 bì huì close a meeting
封闭性 fēng bì xìng encapsulation
闭月羞花 bì yuè xiū huā lit. hiding the moon, shaming the flowers (idiom); fig. female beauty exceeding even that of the natural world
闭门思过 bì mén sī guò shut oneself up and ponder over one's mistakes
闭关自守 bì guān zì shǒu close the country to international intercourse
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
便闭 biàn bì see 便秘[bian4 mi4]
密闭式循环再呼吸水肺系统 mì bì shì xún huán zài hū xī shuǐ fèi xì tǒng closed-circuit rebreather scuba (diving)
密闭舱 mì bì cāng sealed cabin
密闭货舱 mì bì huò cāng sealed cabin
密闭门 mì bì mén airtight door
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