how to write ɡuan(close) in chinese

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eanglish meaningclose; shut; shut in; lock up; pass; check point; customhouse; turning point or barrier

Stroke order of the Chinese character "关" (ɡuan)

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v. （使开着的物体合拢） close; shut:

1. 关窗户
shut the window;

2. 他随手轻轻地把门关上了。
He closed the door softly behind him.

v. （圈起来）shut in; lock up:

1. 把鸡关在栅栏里
shut the chickens in a pen;

2. 关进监狱
lock up (in prison); put behind bars;

3. 别把孩子们成天关在屋里。
Don't keep the children inside all day.

4. 他把自己关在房里一整天。
He locked himself in the room for a whole day.

v. （倒闭; 歇业） close down; go out of business:

1. 他们决定把那个分公司关了。
They have decided to close that branch down.

2. 昨天又有两家店铺关了。
Two more shops closed down yesterday.

v. （发放或领取工资） grant or draw one's pay:

1. 关饷
get paid

v. （中断） turn off; switch off:

1. 关灯
turn off the light;

2. 把暖气关上 -- 屋里太暖和了。
Shut the steam off -- it's getting too warm in here.

v. （牵连; 关系） involve; concern; connect:

1. 关你什么事。
Does it concern you; None of your business.

2. 这不关他的事。
That doesn't concern him.

n. （守卫处所） pass; check point:

1. 出关
go to the other side of a pass;

2. 把关
guard the pass

n. （货物出口和入口的收税处） customhouse:

1. 海关
customs

n. （转折点或难点） turning point or barrier:

1. 突破难关
breakthrough the barrier

n. （起转折关联作用的部分） critical juncture; mechanism:

1. 机关
mechanism; gear

n. （姓氏） a surname:

1. 关羽
Guan Yu