閉塞

閉塞

See also: 闭塞

Chinese

		to close; stop up; shut to close; stop up; shut; obstruct	to stuff; to stop up; to squeeze in to stuff; to stop up; to squeeze in; strategic pass; piston; unenlightened; Serb (abbr.); Serbian
trad. (閉塞)		閉	塞
simp. (闭塞)		闭	塞

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bìsè

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄧˋ ㄙㄜˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bai³ sak¹
• Min Nan (POJ): pì-sak / pì-sek

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Pinyin: bìsè
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄧˋ ㄙㄜˋ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bihseh
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bìsè
    • IPA ^(key): /pi⁵¹⁻⁵³ sɤ⁵¹/
    • Homophones:

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      edit edit 蔽塞 閉塞／闭塞

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)
    • Jyutping: bai³ sak¹
    • Yale: bai sāk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bai³ sak⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: bei³ seg¹
    • IPA ^(key): /pɐi̯³³ sɐk̚⁵/
    • Homophones:

      edit edit 蔽塞 閉塞／闭塞

• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pì-sak
    • Tâi-lô: pì-sak
    • Phofsit Daibuun: piesag
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /pi⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ sak̚⁵/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pì-sek
    • Tâi-lô: pì-sik
    • Phofsit Daibuun: pieseg
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /pi²¹⁻⁵³ ɕiɪk̚³²/

Adjective

閉塞

1. stopped up; closed up
2. hard to get to; out of the way; inaccessible
3. unenlightened; uninformed; conservative

Synonyms

• (unenlightened): 保守 (bǎoshǒu), 守舊／守旧 (shǒujiù), 頑固／顽固 (wángù)

Antonyms

• (unenlightened): 進步／进步 (jìnbù), 開明／开明 (kāimíng), 開通／开通 (kāitong)

Verb

閉塞

1. to be stopped up; to be closed up
2. to be hard to get to; to be out of the way; to be inaccessible

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
閉	塞
へい Grade: 6	そく Grade: S
on’yomi

Alternative forms

• 閉そく

Noun

閉塞 (hiragana へいそく, rōmaji heisoku)

1. blockage
2. blockade

Related terms

• 閉塞感 (へいそくかん) (heisokukan)

Verb

閉塞する (suru conjugation, hiragana へいそくする, rōmaji heisoku suru)

1. to obstruct
2. to blockade

Conjugation

Conjugation of "閉塞する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)

Stem forms
Imperfective (未然形)	閉塞し	へいそくし	heisoku shi
Continuative (連用形)	閉塞し	へいそくし	heisoku shi
Terminal (終止形)	閉塞する	へいそくする	heisoku suru
Attributive (連体形)	閉塞する	へいそくする	heisoku suru
Hypothetical (仮定形)	閉塞すれ	へいそくすれ	heisoku sure
Imperative (命令形)	閉塞せよ¹ 閉塞しろ²	へいそくせよ¹ へいそくしろ²	heisoku seyo¹ heisoku shiro²
Key constructions
Passive	閉塞される	へいそくされる	heisoku sareru
Causative	閉塞させる 閉塞さす	へいそくさせる へいそくさす	heisoku saseru heisoku sasu
Potential	閉塞できる	へいそくできる	heisoku dekiru
Volitional	閉塞しよう	へいそくしよう	heisoku shiyō
Negative	閉塞しない	へいそくしない	heisoku shinai
Negative continuative	閉塞せず	へいそくせず	heisoku sezu
Formal	閉塞します	へいそくします	heisoku shimasu
Perfective	閉塞した	へいそくした	heisoku shita
Conjunctive	閉塞して	へいそくして	heisoku shite
Hypothetical conditional	閉塞すれば	へいそくすれば	heisoku sureba
¹ Written imperative ² Spoken imperative