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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
bì | bi4
English translation
to close
to stop up
to shut
to obstruct
to shut, to close; to obstruct, to block

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Number of strokes

6

Traditional form

Contains the radical

Mén

Part of speech

Verb / 动词 dòng cí Dòngcí

Learning hint

A door  Mén blocked by bars  cái

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Type

ideographic

Positional decomposition

门才

Explanation

Simplified form of . Depicts a door closed shut with horizontal bars.

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有些 yǒu xiē lǎo de 报社 bàoshè 由于 yóuyú 销量 xiāo liàng ér 倒闭 dǎobì le .

Some of old newspapers had to go out of business for low sales.

tóng zhū 树上 de Huā 结构 jiégòu 不同 bù tóng , 因而 yīnér 闭花受精 shòu jīng shì 强制 qiángzhì 实现 shíxiàn de .

The flower structure in one tree was different, enforcing cleistogamy.

愤怒 fènnù de 听众 tīng zhòng 大声 dà shēng hǎn 使 shǐ 讲话 jiǎng huà zhě kǒu 不语 bù yǔ .

The angry audience shouted the speaker down.

zài 雕镂变换 biàn huàn 外上 Yīn Ōu wài 示了广 Guǎng 闭口之间 zhī jiān de 干系 gān xì .

Carving conversion chart area a negative depth and widths.

shǎng yǎn , dàn zuǐ 依然 yīrán 张开 zhāng kāi zhāo .

He closed his eyes but his mouth remained open.

Words with

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
to close
关闭 guānbì to close關閉
封闭 fēngbì to seal封閉
闭上 bì shang to close閉上
闭幕 bì mù the curtain falls閉幕
倒闭 dǎobì to go bankrupt倒閉
闭幕式 bì mù shì closing ceremony閉幕式
闭塞 bìsè to stop up閉塞
闭嘴 bì zuǐ Shut up!閉嘴
闭合 bì hé closed-loop閉合
闭关 bì guān to close the passes閉關
闭门 bì mén to close a door閉門
密闭 mì bì sealed密閉
闭路电视 bì lù diàn shì closed-circuit television閉路電視
闭锁 bì suǒ to lock閉鎖
关禁闭 guān jìn bì to put in detention (a soldier, a pupil)關禁閉
闭会 bì huì close a meeting閉會
封闭性 fēng bì xìng encapsulation封閉性
闭门羹 bì mén gēng to be refused entrance (idiom)閉門羹
闭门造车 bì mén zào chē lit. to build a cart behind closed doors閉門造車
闭关锁国 bì guān suǒ guó to close the passes and seal off the country閉關鎖國
闭关自守 bì guān zì shǒu close the country to international intercourse閉關自守
闭口不谈 bì kǒu bù tán to remain tight-lipped閉口不談

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Decomposition

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