閉關

Chinese[edit]

	to close; stop up; shut to close; stop up; shut; obstruct	to close; to shut; to turn off to close; to shut; to turn off; to concern; to involve; mountain pass
trad. (閉關)	閉	關
simp. (闭关)	闭	关
anagram	關閉／关闭

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: bìguān
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄧˋ ㄍㄨㄢ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: bìguan
  - Wade–Giles: pi⁴-kuan¹
  - Yale: bì-gwān
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bihguan
  - Palladius: бигуань (biguanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pi⁵¹ ku̯än⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: bai³ gwaan¹
  - Yale: bai gwāan
  - Cantonese Pinyin: bai³ gwaan¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: bei³ guan¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɐi̯³³ kʷaːn⁵⁵/
Southern Min
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: bi⁶ guang¹
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: pĭ kuang
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pi³⁵⁻¹¹ kuaŋ³³/

閉關

(literal) to block the passage; to shut the gate; to close off the country
(figurative) to shut oneself away; to seclude oneself
閉關學習／闭关学习 ― bìguān xuéxí ― to shut oneself away to study
(religion) to meditate in seclusion