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 ㄍㄨㄢ ㄗˋ ㄕㄡˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bai³ gwaan¹ zi⁶ sau²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bìguānzìshǒu
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄧˋ ㄍㄨㄢ ㄗˋ 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

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