Common Meanings
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jiōng扃
A latch, hook, or bolt used to lock a door or gate from the outside.
夜深了，他将院门上的木扃仔细地检查了一遍。
It was late at night, and he carefully checked the wooden latch on the courtyard gate.
to bolt or close a door; to keep a door shut
庭院门扉紧紧扃着，仿佛主人已远行。
The courtyard gate was tightly bolted, as if the owner had gone far away.
A gate or door, especially one leading to a secluded or mountainous area.
推开山扃，眼前是另一番景象。
Pushing open the mountain gate, a completely different scene unfolded before my eyes.