Chinese word dictionary

闭塞

bì sè · to stop up; to close up; hard to get to; out of the way; inaccessible

Practice word

Word information

Simplified闭塞

Traditional閉塞

Pinyinbì sè

Part of speecha, v

HSK 3.0Not listed

HSK 2.06

Character breakdown

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

闭bì

to shut, to close; to obstruct, to block

塞sāi

to stop up, to seal, to cork, to block; pass, frontier; fortress

How to learn 闭塞

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.

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闭幕式bìmùshì

closing ceremony

关闭guānbì

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

闭bì

to close; to stop up; to shut; to obstruct

倒闭dǎobì

to go bankrupt; to close down

封闭fēngbì

to close; to seal off; to close down (an illegal venue); closed (i.e. isolated from outside input)

塞sāi

to plug; to stop up; to stuff in; (bound form) a stopper; a cork