关闭

Meaning(verb, verbal noun)

to close; to shut (a window etc); (of a shop, school etc) to shut down

Examples

• 请关闭手机。

  qǐng guān bì shǒu jī.

  Please switch off your phones.

• 这家工厂去年关闭了。

  zhè jiā gōng chǎng qù nián guān bì le.

  This factory shut down last year.

• 机场因为大雪暂时关闭。

  jī chǎng yīn wèi dà xuě zàn shí guān bì.

  The airport is temporarily closed because of heavy snow.

Easily confused

• 关 — 关 is colloquial (关门, 关灯); 关闭 is more formal, used in notices or for a business shutting down.

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