闭幕 (bì mù) — to close, to conclude (of a meeting, exhibition, or performance)

Definition

Verb meaning an event or performance ends (closing ceremony, closing session). Pairs with 开幕: 闭幕 = close/conclude, 开幕 = open/begin.

verb
to closeto conclude (of a meeting, exhibition, or performance)
Easily confused

Examples

  • 闭幕。
    Dà huì jiāng zài míng tiān bì mù.
    The conference will close tomorrow.
  • 。
    Zhǎn lǎn huì yǐ jīng bì le mù.
    The exhibition has already closed.
  • 闭幕。
    Ào yùn huì de bì mù yí shì fēi cháng lóng zhòng.
    The closing ceremony of the Olympics was very grand.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
动宾dòngbīnVerb + object

An action followed by what it acts on, fused into one word.

闭bìclose
幕mùcurtain

闭幕 closes the 幕, giving the sense of ending a performance.

Characters in this word

Two or more meaningful parts placed together so that their meanings combine into a new one.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 閉; 闭 is its simplified writing.

  • 門門méndoor
  • 材材cáimaterial; timber

The traditional form 閉 pairs 門 (door) with 材 (material; timber); the simplified 闭 is a later shorthand, so its right side is not the historical component.

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

Meaning part形符xíngfú
巾巾jīncloth
Sound part声符shēngfú
莫
莫mò幕mù
Same sound today

幕 combines 莫 above 巾 (cloth); 莫 gives the sound.

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