閉〔闭〕 bai³ {bì}

1. to close
2. to stop up
3. to shut
4. to obstruct

閉翳〔闭-〕 bai³ ai³ {bì yì}

(slang) distress; (of people) worried; depressed; annoyed

閉幕〔闭-〕 bai³ mok⁶ {bì mù}

(adjective) Closing (ceremonies of events)

閉包〔闭-〕 bai³ baau¹ {bì bāo}

closure (math)

閉經〔闭经〕 bai³ ging¹ {bì jīng}

amenorrhoea

閉關〔闭关〕 bai³ gwaan¹ {bì guān}

1. to close the passes
2. to seal off the country
3. seclusion (monastic practice, e.g. of Chan Buddhists)

閉合〔闭-〕 bai³ hap⁶ {bì hé}

1. to close by coming together (like the lips of a wound, the doors of an elevator, the walls of a channel)
2. to close by connecting in a loop (like a circuit)
3. closed-loop

閉起〔闭-〕 bai³ hei² {bì qǐ}

to shut

閉幕〔闭-〕 bai³ mok⁶ {bì mù}

1. the curtain falls
2. lower the curtain
3. to come to an end (of a meeting)

閉門〔闭门〕 bai³ mun⁴ {bì mén}

to close a door

閉塞〔闭-〕 bai³ sak¹ {bì sè}

1. to stop up
2. to close up
3. hard to get to
4. out of the way
5. inaccessible
6. unenlightened
7. blocking

閉鎖〔闭锁〕 bai³ so² {bì suǒ}

to lock

閉上〔闭-〕 bai³ soeng⁵ {bì shang}

1. to close
2. to shut up

閉域〔闭-〕 bai³ wik⁶ {bì yù}

1. closed domain
2. algebraically closed field (math.), e.g. complex number field 複數域

閉會〔闭会〕 bai³ wui⁴ {bì huì}

close a meeting

閉集〔闭-〕 bai³ zaap⁶ {bì jí}

closed set (math.)

閉嘴〔闭-〕 bai³ zeoi² {bì zuǐ}

1. Shut up!
2. same as 閉上嘴巴

閉著〔闭着〕 bai³ zoek⁶ {bì zhe}

closed

閉音節〔闭-节〕 bai³ jam¹ zit³ {bì yīn jié}

closed syllable

閉元音〔闭--〕 bai³ jyun⁴ jam¹ {bì yuán yīn}

close vowel

閉區間〔闭区间〕 bai³ keoi¹ gaan¹ {bì qū jiān}

closed interval (in calculus)

閉幕式〔闭--〕 bai³ mok⁶ sik¹ {bì mù shì}

closing ceremony

閉鎖期〔闭锁-〕 bai³ so² kei⁴ {bì suǒ qī}

lock-up period (on stock options)

閉子集〔闭--〕 bai³ zi² zaap⁶ {bì zǐ jí}

closed subset (math)

閉幕典禮〔闭--礼〕 bai³ mok⁶ din² lai⁵ {bì mù diǎn lǐ}

closing ceremony

閉關鎖國〔闭关锁国〕 bai³ gwaan¹ so² gwok³ {bì guān suǒ guó}

1. to close the passes and seal off the country
2. to close a country to exclude foreign contact

閉關自守〔闭关--〕 bai³ gwaan¹ zi⁶ sau² {bì guān zì shǒu}

close the country to international intercourse

閉關政策〔闭关--〕 bai³ gwaan¹ zing³ caak³ {bì guān zhèng cè}

closed-door policy

閉卷考試〔闭--试〕 bai³ gyun² haau² si⁵ {bì juàn kǎo shì}

closed-book examination

閉口不言〔闭---〕 bai³ hau² bat¹ jin⁴ {bì kǒu bù yán}

to keep silent (idiom)

閉口不談〔闭--谈〕 bai³ hau² bat¹ taam⁴ {bì kǒu bù tán}

1. to refuse to say anything about (idiom)
2. to remain tight-lipped
3. to avoid mentioning

閉月羞花〔闭---〕 bai³ jyut⁶ sau¹ faa¹ {bì yuè xiū huā}

1. lit. hiding the moon, shaming the flowers (idiom)
2. fig. female beauty exceeding even that of the natural world

閉路電視〔闭-电视〕 bai³ lou⁶ din⁶ si⁶ {bì lù diàn shì}

closed-circuit television

閉目塞聽〔闭--听〕 bai³ muk⁶ sak¹ ting¹ {bì mù sè tīng}

1. to shut one's eyes and stop one's ears
2. out of touch with reality
3. to bury one's head in the sand

閉門覓句〔闭门觅-〕 bai³ mun⁴ mik⁶ geoi³ {bì mén mì jù}

lit. lock the door and search for the right word (idiom); fig. the serious hard work of writing

閉門塞竇〔闭门-窦〕 bai³ mun⁴ sak¹ dau⁶ {bì mén sè dòu}

to close doors and block openings (idiom); mounting a strict defense

閉門思過〔闭门-过〕 bai³ mun⁴ si¹ gwo³ {bì mén sī guò}

shut oneself up and ponder over one's mistakes

閉門造車〔闭门-车〕 bai³ mun⁴ zou⁶ ce¹ {bì mén zào chē}

1. lit. to build a cart behind closed doors
2. to be overly subjective and disregard the outside world (idiom)

閉上嘴巴〔闭---〕 bai³ soeng⁵ zeoi² baa¹ {bì shang zuǐ bā}

Shut up!

閉會祈禱〔闭会-祷〕 bai³ wui⁴ kei⁴ tou² {bì huì qí dǎo}

benediction

閉圖象定理〔闭图---〕 bai³ tou⁴ zoeng⁶ ding⁶ lei⁵ {bì tú xiàng dìng lǐ}

closed graph theorem (math)

閉塞眼睛捉麻雀〔闭------〕 bai³ sak¹ ngaan⁵ zing¹ zuk³ maa⁴ zoek³ {bì sè yǎn jīng zhuō má què}

1. lit. to catch sparrows blindfolded (idiom)
2. fig. to act blindly