閉關自守

Chinese

		to block the passage; to shut the gate; to close off the country
trad. (閉關自守)		閉關	自守
simp. (闭关自守)		闭关	自守

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): bìguānzìshǒu

(Zhuyin): ㄅㄧˋ ㄍㄨㄢㄗˋ ㄕㄡˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): bai³ gwaan¹ zi⁶ sau²

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: bìguānzìshǒu
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄧˋ ㄍㄨㄢㄗˋ ㄕㄡˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: bìguanzìhshǒu
  - Wade–Giles: pi⁴-kuan¹-tzŭ⁴-shou³
  - Yale: bì-gwān-dz̀-shǒu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bihguantzyhshoou
  - Palladius: бигуаньцзышоу (biguanʹczyšou)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pi⁵¹ ku̯än⁵⁵ t͡sz̩⁵¹ ʂoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: bai³ gwaan¹ zi⁶ sau²
  - Yale: bai gwāan jih sáu
  - Cantonese Pinyin: bai³ gwaan¹ dzi⁶ sau²
  - Guangdong Romanization: bei³ guan¹ ji⁶ seo²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɐi̯³³ kʷaːn⁵⁵ t͡siː²² sɐu̯³⁵/

Idiom

閉關自守

to close off the country to the outside world and conduct no trade or exchanges with other countries

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