闭 (bì) is a Chinese word meaning “to close; to stop up; to shut”.
Meanings
- 1to close
- 2to stop up
- 3to shut
- 4to obstruct
- Part of speech
- verb
Related words
关闭to close; to shut (a window etc)封闭to close; to seal off倒闭to go bankrupt关禁闭to put in detention (a soldier, a pupil)闭路电视closed-circuit television闭合to close by coming together (like the lips of a wound, the doors of an elevator, the walls of a channel)密闭sealed闭关to close the passes闭塞to stop up闭门羹(fig.) denial of entry; flat refusal; cold rebuff闭幕the curtain falls闭馆(of libraries, museums etc) to be closed