好 hǎo good / appropriate / proper / all right! / (before a verb) easy to / (before a verb) good to / (before an adjective for exclamatory effect) so / (verb complement indicating completion) / (of two people) close / on intimate terms / (after a personal pronoun) hello syn 关 關 guān mountain pass / to close / to shut / to turn off / to confine / to lock (sb) up / to shut (sb in a room, a bird in a cage etc) / to concern / to involve syn 切 qiè definitely / absolutely (not) / (scoffing or dismissive interjection) Yeah, right. / Tut! / to grind / (bound form) close to / (bound form) eager / to correspond to / (used to indicate that the fanqie 反切[fan3 qie4] system should be applied to the previous two characters) syn 亲 親 qīn parent / one's own (flesh and blood) / relative / related / marriage / bride / close / intimate / in person / first-hand / in favor of / pro- / to kiss / (Internet slang) dear syn 近 jìn near / close to / approximately syn 结束 結束 jié shù termination / to finish / to end / to conclude / to close syn 上网 上網 shàng wǎng to go online / to connect to the Internet / (of a document etc) to be uploaded to the Internet / (tennis, volleyball etc) to move in close to the net 关闭 關閉 guān bì to close / to shut (a window etc) / (of a shop, school etc) to shut down syn 接近 jiē jìn to approach / to get close to syn 私人 sī rén private / personal / interpersonal / sb with whom one has a close personal relationship / a member of one's clique syn 密切 mì qiè close / familiar / intimate / closely (related) / to foster close ties / to pay close attention syn 友好 yǒu hǎo friendly / amicable / close friend syn 亲密 親密 qīn mì intimate / close syn 监视 監視 jiān shì to monitor / to keep a close watch over / surveillance syn 截止 jié zhǐ to end / to close / (electricity) cut-off syn 亲切 親切 qīn qiè amiable / cordial / close and dear / familiar syn 结算 結算 jié suàn to settle a bill / to close an account 封闭 封閉 fēng bì to close / to seal off / to close down (an illegal venue) / closed (i.e. isolated from outside input) syn 抓紧 抓緊 zhuā jǐn to keep a firm grip on / to pay close attention to / to lose no time in (doing sth) syn 将近 將近 jiāng jìn almost / nearly / close to syn 就近 jiù jìn nearby / in a close neighborhood syn 倒闭 倒閉 dǎo bì to go bankrupt / to close down syn 濒临 瀕臨 bīn lín on the edge of / (fig.) on the verge of / close to syn 靠拢 靠攏 kào lǒng to draw close to syn 报收 報收 bào shōu (of a stock on the stock market) to close at (a certain price) 闭塞 閉塞 bì sè to stop up / to close up / hard to get to / out of the way / inaccessible / unenlightened / blocking syn 好险 好險 hǎo xiǎn to have a close call / to have a narrow escape 相好 xiāng hǎo to be intimate / close friend / paramour syn 平仓 平倉 píng cāng to close a position (finance) 麻吉 má jí (slang) (Tw) close friend / best pal / to get along well / to be tight / congenial 铁哥们 鐵哥們 tiě gē men (coll.) very close male friends 间不容发 間不容髮 jiān bù róng fà (to escape danger etc) by a hair's breadth (idiom) / in a critical state / on the brink of crisis / very close (to happening) / Taiwan pr. [jian4 bu4 rong2 fa3] syn 红盘 紅盤 hóng pán (of a stock price or market index) currently higher than at the previous day's close 繁密 fán mì numerous and close together / (of hair) luxuriant / (of woods) dense / (of gunfire) intense syn 小褂 xiǎo guà close-fitting (Chinese-style) upper garment syn 暗 闇 àn (literary) to close (a door) / to eclipse / confused / ignorant (variant of 暗[an4]) / dark (variant of 暗[an4]) syn 挨 āi in order / in sequence / close to / adjacent to syn 翕 xī to open and close (the mouth etc) / friendly / compliant / Taiwan pr. [xi4] 好友 hǎo yǒu close friend / pal / (social networking website) friend / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 肌肤 肌膚 jī fū skin / flesh / fig. close physical relationship syn 上门 上門 shàng mén to drop in / to visit / to lock a door / (of a shop) to close / to go and live with one's wife's family, in effect becoming a member of her family syn 锁定 鎖定 suǒ dìng to lock (a door) / to close with a latch / to lock into place / a lock / a latch / to lock a computer file (to prevent it being overwritten) / to lock (denying access to a computer system or device or files, e.g. by password-protection) / to focus attention on / to target 开关 開關 kāi guān power switch / gas valve / to open the city (or frontier) gate / to open and close / to switch on and off syn 靠近 kào jìn to be close to / to approach / to draw near syn 亲人 親人 qīn rén one's close relatives syn 紧密 緊密 jǐn mì inseparably close syn 闭上 閉上 bì shang to close / to shut up 要好 yào hǎo to be on good terms / to be close friends / striving for self-improvement syn 知己 zhī jǐ to know oneself / to be intimate or close / intimate friend syn 临近 臨近 lín jìn close to / approaching syn 近乎 jìn hu close to / intimate syn 亲近 親近 qīn jìn intimate / to get close to syn 贴近 貼近 tiē jìn to press close to / to snuggle close / intimate syn 逼近 bī jìn to press on towards / to close in on / to approach / to draw near syn 收盘 收盤 shōu pán market close 贴身 貼身 tiē shēn worn next to the skin / close-fitting / personal (servant etc) 关上 關上 guān shàng to close (a door) / to turn off (light, electrical equipment etc) syn 关门 關門 guān mén to close a door / to lock a door / (of a shop etc) to close (for the night, or permanently) syn 相近 xiāng jìn close / similar to syn 紧闭 緊閉 jǐn bì to close securely / tightly closed / secure 贴心 貼心 tiē xīn intimate / close / considerate syn 近距离 近距離 jìn jù lí close range syn 特写 特寫 tè xiě feature article / close-up (filmmaking, photography etc) 紧贴 緊貼 jǐn tiē to stick close to / to press up against syn 双飞 雙飛 shuāng fēi flying in pairs / close union as husband and wife / round-trip flight / (slang) threesome 密密麻麻 mì mi má má numerous and close together / densely packed / thickly dotted syn 厮杀 廝殺 sī shā to fight at close quarters / to fight tooth and nail syn 贴切 貼切 tiē qiè close-fitting / closest (translation) syn 查封 chá fēng to sequester / to seize (assets) / to seal up / to close down syn 无间 無間 wú jiàn very close / no gap between them / continuously / unbroken / hard to separate / indistinguishable syn 停业 停業 tíng yè to cease trading (temporarily or permanently) / to close down syn 近在咫尺 jìn zài zhǐ chǐ (idiom) very close / almost within reach / close at hand syn 闭关 閉關 bì guān to close the passes / to seal off the country / seclusion (monastic practice, e.g. of Chan Buddhists) syn 凑近 湊近 còu jìn to approach / to lean close to syn 封口 fēng kǒu to close up / to heal (of wound) / to keep one's lips sealed 靠山 kào shān patron / backer / close to a mountain syn 近前 jìn qián to come close / to get near to / front 闭合 閉合 bì hé to close by coming together (like the lips of a wound, the doors of an elevator, the walls of a channel) / to close by connecting in a loop (like a circuit) / closed-loop syn 标兵 標兵 biāo bīng parade guards (usually spaced out along parade routes) / example / model / pacesetter syn 密密 mì mì thick / dense / close syn 近战 近戰 close quarter battle 紧邻 緊鄰 jǐn lín to be right next to / close neighbor syn 收市 shōu shì to close the market (for the day) / to close (a market, shop etc) for business 密友 mì yǒu close friend syn 闭门 閉門 bì mén to close a door 挚友 摯友 zhì yǒu intimate friend / close friend syn 咫尺 zhǐ chǐ (literary) very close / very near syn 紧逼 緊逼 jǐn bī to press hard / to close in on syn 近亲 近親 jìn qīn close relative / near relation 合拢 合攏 hé lǒng to close (flower, eyes, suitcase etc) / to bring together / (insect or bird when not flying) to fold (its wings) syn 垂危 chuí wēi close to death / life-threatening (illness) syn 合围 合圍 hé wéi to surround / to close in around (one's enemy, prey etc) syn 靠岸 kào àn (of a boat) to reach the shore / to pull toward shore / close to shore / landfall 若即若离 若即若離 ruò jí ruò lí lit. seeming neither close nor distant (idiom) / fig. to keep one's distance / (of a relationship) lukewarm / vague syn 逼视 逼視 bī shì to look at from close up / to watch intently syn 瞑目 míng mù to close one's eyes / (fig.) to be contented at the time of one's death (Dying without closing one's eyes would signify having unresolved grievances.) syn 停课 停課 tíng kè to stop classes / to close (of school) 亲密无间 親密無間 qīn mì wú jiān close relation, no gap (idiom) / intimate and nothing can come between syn 合眼 hé yǎn to close one's eyes / to get to sleep syn 