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(guān xì) - relationship, connection, ties in Mandarin

guān

Traditional: 關係

Line drawing of 关系
Coloured illustration of 关系
HSK 4
#465 of 5,000 Core 1000

Translation

relationship, connection, ties

Word origin

A compound of 关 (guan) 'to close; a barrier, a connection' and 系 (xi) 'to tie, to link', a pictograph of threads bound together. Together: ties between things, 'relationship'.

Origin
compound
Root
关 (guan, 'to connect, barrier') + 系 (xi, 'to tie', pictograph of bound threads)

Stroke order

Stroke order for 关

Stroke order for 系

Examples

We have a good relationship.

This matter has no connection to me.

Working relationships are not easy to manage.

Their relationship has worsened recently.

This has nothing to do with you.

关系 (guān xì) - relationship, connection, ties.

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This word is part of lesson 10.