闭庭

閉庭

bìtíng

verb

Meanings

1 to adjourn court
2 to close a court session

Characters

courtroom, courtyard

Examples

法官宣布闭庭，择日宣判。

Fǎguān xuānbù bìtíng, zédì xuānpàn.

The judge declared the court adjourned, with the verdict to be announced later.

庭审持续了四个小时才闭庭。

Tíngshěn chíxù le sì ge xiǎoshí cái bìtíng.

The trial lasted four hours before the court adjourned.

Tips

usage

The opposite of 开庭 (open court / begin hearing). Formal courtroom vocabulary you'll hear from 法官 (judge) or in legal news; not conversational.

Stroke Order

闭 bì

庭 tíng