Chinese word dictionary

关系

guānxì · relation; relationship; to concern; to affect; to have to do with; guanxi; CL:個|个[ge4]; variant of 關係|关系[guan1 xi5]

Practice word

Word information

Simplified关系

Traditional關係/關系

Pinyinguānxì

Part of speech名

HSK 3.03, 4

HSK 2.03

Character breakdown

Study each Hanzi separately, then return to the complete word so pronunciation, meaning, and movement stay connected.

关guān

frontier pass; to close, to shut; relation

系xì

system; line, link, connection

How to learn 关系

Listen once without reading, repeat the pinyin with its tones, then write every character in sequence. Finally, recall the complete meaning instead of memorizing each character as an isolated translation.

When the word appears in a sentence, check whether its part of speech and meaning match the definition shown here. Chinese words can change nuance with context.

Related vocabulary

Words with the same characters

Compare how a familiar Hanzi changes meaning inside another word.

没关系méiguānxi

it doesn't matter

关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; surname Guan

关机guānjī

to turn off (a machine or device); to finish shooting a film

关心guānxīn

to be concerned about; to care about

关于guānyú

pertaining to; concerning; with regard to; about; a matter of

关注guānzhù

to pay attention to; to follow sth closely; to follow (on social media); concern; interest; attention