Chinese word dictionary

关闭

guānbì · to close; to shut (a window etc); (of a shop, school etc) to shut down

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Word information

Simplified关闭

Traditional關閉

Pinyinguānbì

Part of speech动

HSK 3.05

HSK 2.05

Character breakdown

Study each Hanzi separately, then return to the complete word so pronunciation, meaning, and movement stay connected.

关guān

frontier pass; to close, to shut; relation

闭bì

to shut, to close; to obstruct, to block

How to learn 关闭

Listen once without reading, repeat the pinyin with its tones, then write every character in sequence. Finally, recall the complete meaning instead of memorizing each character as an isolated translation.

When the word appears in a sentence, check whether its part of speech and meaning match the definition shown here. Chinese words can change nuance with context.

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Words with the same characters

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没关系méiguānxi

it doesn't matter

关guān

mountain pass; to close; to shut; to turn off; to confine; to lock (sb) up; to shut (sb in a room, a bird in a cage etc); to concern; to involve; surname Guan

关机guānjī

to turn off (a machine or device); to finish shooting a film

关系guānxì

relation; relationship; to concern; to affect; to have to do with; guanxi; CL:個|个[ge4]; variant of 關係|关系[guan1 xi5]

关心guānxīn

to be concerned about; to care about

关于guānyú

pertaining to; concerning; with regard to; about; a matter of