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閉

bì

shut, close; obstruct, block up

Strokes
11
Radical
門
HSK
—
Tone
4

Simplified form: 闭

Stroke order

Our word list and example sentences are in simplified characters. Everything below is for 闭, the simplified form of 閉. We do not have a traditional-script corpus to draw the words from, so they are shown as they are written in simplified Chinese.

Example sentences

  • 她闭着眼。

    Tā bì zhe yǎn

    She has her eyes closed.

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  • 他们今天关闭。

    Tā men jīn tiān guān bì

    They're closed today.

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  • 我说过了，闭嘴！

    Wǒ shuō guo le bì zuǐ

    I said shut up!

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  • 他闭上了眼睛。

    Tā bì shang le yǎn jing

    He closed his eyes.

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Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR), contributed by their community.

Words containing 闭

  • 关闭guān bì 1–4 to close; to shut (a window etc); (of a shop, school etc) to shut down
  • 封闭fēng bì 1–4 to close; to seal off; to close down (an illegal venue); closed (i.e. isolated from outside input)
  • 倒闭dǎo bì 3–4 to go bankrupt; to close down
  • 闭幕bì mù 4–4 the curtain falls; lower the curtain; to come to an end (of a meeting)
  • 闭幕式bì mù shì 4–4–4closing ceremony
  • 闭bì 4to close; to stop up; to shut; to obstruct
  • 闭塞bì sè 4–4 to stop up; to close up; hard to get to; out of the way; inaccessible; unenlightened; blocking