HSK 5 · Verbs

关闭 guānbì “to close” in Chinese

Traditional 關閉

What 关闭 means

  1. to close
  2. to shut down
  3. to shut (a window etc)
  4. (of a shop, school etc) to shut down

How to say 关闭

  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale关guān1st tone, high and level
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale闭bì4th tone, falling

关闭 in a sentence

  1. 请关闭你的手机。

    Qǐng guānbì nǐ de shǒujī.

    Please turn off your mobile phone.

    Sentence #8932593 from Tatoeba

  2. 图书馆即将关闭。

    Túshūguǎn jíjiāng guānbì.

    The library is about to close.

    Sentence #13663182 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

  3. 关闭所有的门和窗户。

    Guānbì suǒyǒu de mén hé chuānghu.

    Shut all the doors and windows.

    Sentence #798242 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters

How 关闭 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 关 (guān) with each of its parts in a different colour
关guānmountain pass
  • 丷eight form of 八 · bā
  • 天sky · tiān

Memory aidSimplified from 關, a bar fastened across a gate 門: to close, to shut.

The character 闭 (bì) with each of its parts in a different colour
闭bìto close
  • 门gate · mén
  • 才ability · cái

How to write 关闭

关 6 strokes · 闭 6 strokes

Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.

关闭 (guānbì) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 关闭 (guānbì). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 关闭

Words with 关

没关系méi guānxi · it’s okay关guān · to close关心guānxīn · concerned about/with关系guānxi · relation关于guānyú · about关注guānzhù · to pay close attention to有关yǒuguān · to be related to关机guānjī · to turn off (a device)关键guānjiàn · crucial point海关hǎiguān · customs (i.e. border crossing inspection)

Words with 闭

封闭fēngbì · to seal off闭塞bìsè · isolated倒闭dǎobì · to go bankrupt

More words: Common Verbs

构成gòuchéng · to constitute鼓舞gǔwǔ · to inspire固定gùdìng · to fix拐弯guǎiwān · to go round a curve滚gǔn · to boil过期guòqī · to be overdue缓解huǎnjiě · to bring relief恢复huīfù · to recover

FAQs

关闭 (guānbì) means “to close” or “to shut down”. It is an HSK 5 word.
Say it guānbì: guān with a 1st tone, then bì with a 4th tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
In Traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, 关闭 is written 關閉. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type guanbi with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 关闭 from the suggestions. Typing guanbi into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
关闭 is an HSK 5 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.