缄

緘
jiān
  1. letters
  2. to close
  3. to seal

CEDICT

seal

Wiktionary

  1. 捆绑箱箧的绳子。
  2. 书信。
  3. 量词。计算信件的单位。
  4. 捆绑、捆扎。
  5. 闭。

重編國語辭典

Homographs

缄 jiān
  1. (wooden) box
  2. cup
  3. old variant of 缄 jiān
  4. letter

Containing this entry

三缄其口 sānjiānqíkǒu
  1. (idiom) reluctant to speak about it
  2. tight-lipped
缄 jiān
  1. (wooden) box
  2. cup
  3. old variant of 缄 jiān
  4. letter
缄口不言 jiānkǒubùyán see 闭口不言 bìkǒubùyán
缄默 jiānmò to keep silent

Related entries

函件 hánjiàn
  1. letters
  2. correspondence
音讯 yīnxùn
  1. letters
  2. mail
  3. news
  4. messages
  5. correspondence
你收到他的音訊了嗎?

Have you heard from him?

Source: Tatoeba

合 hé
  1. to close
  2. to join
  3. to fit
  4. to be equal to
  5. whole
  6. together
  7. round (in battle)
  8. conjunction (astronomy)
  9. 1st note of pentatonic scale
  10. old variant of 盒 hé
猪肉不适合我。

Pork doesn't agree with me.

Source: Tatoeba

合上 héshàng to close (box, book, mouth etc)
合上书。

Close the book.

Source: Tatoeba

合拢 hélǒng
  1. to close (flower, eyes, suitcase etc)
  2. to bring together
  3. (insect or bird when not flying) to fold (its wings)
瞑 míng to close (the eyes)
闭 bì
  1. to close
  2. to stop up
  3. to shut
  4. to obstruct
他们闭住眼睛。

They shut their eyes.

Source: Tatoeba

闭上 bìshang
  1. to close
  2. to shut up
闭上你的嘴。

Close your mouth.

Source: Tatoeba

暗 àn
  1. (literary) to close (a door)
  2. to eclipse
  3. confused; ignorant (variant of 暗 àn)
  4. dark (variant of 暗 àn)
天暗了下来。

The sky turned dark.

Source: Tatoeba

关上 guānshàng
  1. to close (a door)
  2. to turn off (light, electrical equipment etc)
关上窗户！

Close the window.

Source: Tatoeba

停课 tíngkè
  1. to stop classes
  2. to close (of school)
停课是因为下雪。

The school's closure was due to the snow.

Source: Tatoeba

掩 yǎn
  1. to cover up; to conceal
  2. to close (a door, book etc)
  3. (coll.) to get (one's fingers etc) caught when closing a door or lid
  4. (literary) to launch a surprise attack
阖 hé
  1. door
  2. to close
  3. whole
我昨晚一夜沒闔眼。

I didn't sleep a wink last night.

Source: Tatoeba

关门 guānmén
  1. to close a door
  2. to lock a door
  3. (of a shop etc) to close (for the night or permanently)
商店5点关门了。

The shop closed at 5.

Source: Tatoeba

上门 shàngmén
  1. to drop in
  2. to visit
  3. to lock a door
  4. (of a shop) to close
  5. to go and live with one's wife's family, in effect becoming a member of her family
结束 jiéshù
  1. termination
  2. to finish
  3. to end
  4. to conclude
  5. to close
龙年结束了。

The year of the dragon has ended.

Source: Tatoeba

加盖 jiāgài
  1. to seal (with an official stamp)
  2. to stamp
  3. (fig.) to ratify
  4. to put a lid on (a cooking pot)
  5. to cap
  6. to build an extension or additional story
包封 bāofēng
  1. to seal
  2. to close up a package with a seal
封口 fēngkǒu
  1. to keep one's lips sealed
  2. (of a wound) to heal
  3. to seal (an envelope, bag, container etc)
  4. the sealed opening of an envelope, bag etc
  5. (fig.) to lock down; to finalize (a decision, plan etc)
封 fēng
  1. to confer
  2. to grant
  3. to bestow a title
  4. to seal
  5. classifier for sealed objects, esp. letters
它是封长信。

It was a long letter.

Source: Tatoeba

符 fú
  1. mark
  2. sign
  3. talisman
  4. to seal
  5. to correspond to
  6. tally
  7. symbol
  8. written charm
  9. to coincide
這個議案合符我們的政策內容。

This measure is in accord with our policy.

Source: Tatoeba