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关上 (guān shàng) — to close (something) fully; to shut; to turn off (an appliance, light, etc.)

Definition

关上 means closing something completely — a door, window, lid, or switching off a device. Emphasizes the full, shut-tight result, more thorough than just 关闭.

verb
to close (something) fullyto shutto turn off (an appliance, light, etc.)

Examples

  • 关上。
    Qǐng bǎ chuāng hu guān shàng.
    Please close the window.
  • 关上。
    Shuì jiào qián jì de bǎ diàn shì guān shàng.
    Remember to turn off the TV before sleeping.
  • 关上。
    Tā bǎ xiāng zi guān shàng hòu shàng le suǒ.
    He closed the suitcase and locked it.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
补充bǔchōngVerb + complement

An action followed by its result or direction.

关guānclose
上shàngup/on

Closing 'up/on' expresses that something is shut or turned off.

Characters in this word

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 關; 关 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
門門méndoor
Sound part声符shēngfú
𢇅
𢇅𢇅關guān
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

For 关, the traditional form 關 shows 門 as a door and 𢇅 as two wooden sticks locking it, with ring-like marks on top.

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An abstract idea shown by a mark or a diagram rather than by a picture of an object.

上 is drawn as a short horizontal line placed above a longer arc, marking a position above that arc.

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