| bì | to close/stop up/shut/obstruct |
| 闭 | to close stop up shut |
| 闭上 | to close to shut up |
| 闭上嘴巴 | Shut up! |
| 闭会 | close a meeting |
| 闭会祈祷 | benediction |
| 闭元音 | close vowel |
| 闭关 | to close the passes to seal off the country seclusion (monastic practice, e.g. of Chan Buddhists) |
| 闭关政策 | closed-door policy |
| 闭关自守 | close the country to international intercourse |
| 闭关锁国 | to close the passes and seal off the country to close a country to exclude foreign contact |
| 闭包 | closure (math) |
| 闭区间 | closed interval (in calculus) |
| 闭卷 | closed-book exam |
| 闭卷考试 | closed-book examination |
| 闭口 | remain silent |
| 闭口不言 | close-mouthed; close-tongued 2.to shut one's mouth; to saying nothing |
| 闭口不谈 | to refuse to say anything about (idiom) to remain tight-lipped to avoid mentioning |
| 闭口无言 | remain silent; be tongue-tied; be left speechless |
| 闭合 | to close closed |
| 闭合度 | closure |