SHUT  關閉閉

BLOCK a DOOR OR A GATE in an ORDINARY WAY.
CLOSEPULL/PUSH TOSLAMFASTENPUT THE LID ONBARLOCKSECURE
Antonym
  • OPENDISPLACE what BLOCKS.
    Hypernym
    • BLOCKHINDER something by PUTTING something in a PLACE where it CAUSES THINGS which NORMALLY CAN MOVE in that PLACE NOT TO MOVE there.
      • HINDERSTOP from ACT:doing what someone or something INTENDS to ACT:do.
        • STOPACT so as NOT to CONTINUE NOW:present ACTION.
          • ACTMOVE OR NOT MOVE CONFORMING to one's SELF:own DECIDE:decision....
    See also
    • HINDERSTOP from ACT:doing what someone or something INTENDS to ACT:do.
      Old Chinese Criteria
      1. The most general word for closing anything is probably bì 閉.

      2. Guān 關 refers specifically to shut and lock a door with a bolt.

      3. Jiǒng 扃 refers to closing and locking a door from the outside.

      4. Hé 闔 is an archaic and dignified word for closing something, mostly a door.

      5. Mán 瞞 refers occassionally to closing one's eyes.

      6. Fēng 封 can refer to closing and sealing something.

      Modern Chinese Criteria
      關

      關閉

      掩閉

      閉

      合

      掩

      闔

      關門

      閉門

      闔門

      闔戶

      扃戶

      rough draft to BEGIN TO identify synonym group members for analysis, based on CL etc. 18.11.2003. CH ／

      • A Dictionary of Selected Synonyms in the Principal Indo-European Languages ( BUCK 1988) p. 12.25

      • 東漢﹣隨常用詞演變研究 ( WANG WEIHUI 2000) p. 221

      Words

      閉  bì OC: piids MC: pei 23 AttributionsWD

      The most general word for closing anything is probably bì 閉.

        Word relations
      • Ant: 啟/OPEN The most common general word for opening things is qǐ 啟 (ant. bì 閉 "close") which can refer to all sorts of opening up of all manner of things.
      • Ant: 開/OPEN Kāi 開 (ant. bì 閉 "close") and pì 闢 "open wide" (ant. fēng 封 "close tightly") refer primarily to the opening of doors, windows and the like.
      • Object: 戶/DOOR Hù 戶 refers to a one-leaf minor door which may be the main door to an ordinary home. [HUANG 1995: 1017 - 1018; ill.: SUN 1991: 44-17]
      • Object: 門/GATE The current general word for a gate or door of any kind is mén 門, but the word also refers specifically to the two-leaf main gate rather than small doors inside a building complex.
      • Contrast: 關/SHUT Guān 關 refers specifically to shut and lock a door with a bolt.

        Syntactic words
      • vtoNclose (door so as to let no one in); lock up, bolt; close (mouth); shut (one's eyes)
      • vtoNfigurativeshut off (figuratively)
      • vtoNpassivebe locked; be closed; be blocked
      闔  hé OC: ɡaab MC: ɦɑp 6 AttributionsWD

      Hé 闔 is an archaic and dignified word for closing something, mostly a door.

        Word relations
      • Ant: 啟/OPEN The most common general word for opening things is qǐ 啟 (ant. bì 閉 "close") which can refer to all sorts of opening up of all manner of things.
      • Ant: 開/OPEN Kāi 開 (ant. bì 閉 "close") and pì 闢 "open wide" (ant. fēng 封 "close tightly") refer primarily to the opening of doors, windows and the like.

        Syntactic words
      • vibe closed; get closed
      • viactshut the door; keep the door closed
      • vt(oN)keep the contextually determinate N shutCH
      • vtoNclose (door)
      合  hé OC: ɡloob MC: ɦəp 2 AttributionsWD
        Syntactic words
      • vt(oN)close the contextually determinate object
      • vt[oN]reflexiveclose oneself (as a mussel)CH
      鎖  suǒ OC: soolʔ MC: sʷɑ 2 AttributionsWD
        Syntactic words
      • vtoNto shut; to lock (with a key)
      • vtoNmiddle voicebe locked (away) (behind, at)
      封  fēng OC: poŋ MC: pi̯oŋ 1 AttributionWD

      Fēng 封 can refer to closing and sealing something.

        Syntactic words
      • vtoNbe hemmed in by
      掩  yǎn OC: qromʔ MC: ʔiɛm 1 AttributionWD
        Syntactic words
      • vtoNpost-Han, Tang: close the door
      牢  láo OC: ruu MC: lɑu 1 AttributionWD
        Syntactic words
      • vtoNclose firmly
      關  guān OC: kroon MC: kɣan 1 AttributionWD

      Guān 關 refers specifically to shut and lock a door with a bolt.

        Word relations
      • Contrast: 閉/SHUT The most general word for closing anything is probably bì 閉.

        Syntactic words
      • vtoNlock door with a shuān 閂
      • vtoNpassivebe closed; be lockedDS
      封閉  fēng bì OC: poŋ piids MC: pi̯oŋ pei 1 AttributionWD
        Syntactic words
      • VPtoNmiddle voicebe shut and sealed, be closed, be locked
      閉卻  bì què OC: piids khaɡ MC: pei khi̯ɐk 1 AttributionWD
        Syntactic words
      • VPtoNresultativeshut, lock (a door)
      瞑  mián MC: men OC: meenCH 1 AttributionWD
        Syntactic words
      • vtoNclose (one's eyes)CH
      嗋  xié MC: xjaemH OC: --CH 1 AttributionWD
        Syntactic words
      • vt(oN)closeCH
      扃  jiōng OC: kʷeeŋ MC: keŋ 0 AttributionsWD

      Jiǒng 扃 refers to closing and locking a door from the outside.

        Syntactic words
      • vtoNWENZI: lock (from the outside) so that those inside cannot get out
      • vtoNpassivebe locked up (from the outside)
      瞞  mán OC: mboon MC: mʷɑn 0 AttributionsWD

      Mán 瞞 refers occassionally to closing one's eyes.

        Syntactic words
      • vt[oN]shut the eyes
      牢閉  láo bì OC: ruu piids MC: lɑu pei 0 AttributionsWD
        Syntactic words
      • VPt(oN)shut the contextually determinate (door) firmly
      瞑  mián MC: men OC: meenCH 0 AttributionsWD
        Syntactic words
      • vtoNclose (one's eyes)CH

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