閉關

閉關

Chinese

		to close; stop up; shut to close; stop up; shut; obstruct	to close; to shut; to turn off to close; to shut; to turn off; to concern; to involve; mountain pass
trad. (閉關)		閉	關
simp. (闭关)		闭	关
anagram		關閉／关闭

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bìguān

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄧˋ ㄍㄨㄢ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bai³ gwaan¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: bìguān
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄧˋ ㄍㄨㄢ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bihguan
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bìguan
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pi⁵¹ kwän⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: bai³ gwaan¹
    • Yale: bai gwāan
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bai³ gwaan¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: bei³ guan¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɐi̯³³ kʷäːn⁵⁵/

Verb

閉關

1. to block the passage
2. (religion) to meditate in seclusion

Derived terms

閉關自守／闭关自守

閉關鎖國／闭关锁国 (bìguānsuǒguó)