HSK 3.0 Level 3 · Connectives

有关 yǒuguān “to be related to” in Chinese

Traditional 有關

What 有关 means

  1. to be related to
  2. to concern
  3. about
  4. to have sth to do with
  5. to relate to
More meanings from CC-CEDICT
  • related to
  • concerning

How to say 有关

  • Pitch chart of the third tone: dips low then rises, 2 to 1 to 4 on the five-level scale有yǒu3rd tone, dipping
  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale关guān1st tone, high and level

有关 in a sentence

  1. 我爱听有关动物的笑话。

    Wǒ ài tīng yǒuguān dòngwù de xiàohua.

    I love hearing jokes about animals.

    Sentence #5763007 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 请告诉我有关你旅行的事。

    Qǐng gàosu wǒ yǒuguān nǐ lǚxíng de shì.

    Please tell me about your trip.

    Sentence #861050 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters

  3. 我在报纸上读到有关他的消息。

    Wǒ zài bàozhǐ shàng dúdào yǒuguān tā de xiāoxi.

    I read about him in the newspaper.

    Sentence #883311 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters

How 有关 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 有 (yǒu) drawn as one shape
有yǒuto have; there is

有 is a single shape of 6 strokes. Learn it whole, then watch its stroke order below.

Memory aidA hand holding a piece of meat 月: to have.

The character 关 (guān) with each of its parts in a different colour
关guānmountain pass
  • 丷eight form of 八 · bā
  • 天sky · tiān

Memory aidSimplified from 關, a bar fastened across a gate 門: to close, to shut.

How to write 有关

有 6 strokes · 关 6 strokes

Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.

有关 (yǒuguān) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 有关 (yǒuguān). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 有关

Words with 有

有yǒu · to have没有méiyǒu · not to have有的yǒude · (there are) some (who are…)有些yǒuxiē · some有点儿yǒudiǎnr · slightly有时yǒushí · sometimes有意思yǒuyìsi · interesting有名yǒumíng · famous只有zhǐyǒu · only有人yǒurén · someone

Words with 关

没关系méi guānxi · it’s okay关guān · to close关心guānxīn · concerned about/with关系guānxi · relation关于guānyú · about关注guānzhù · to pay close attention to关机guānjī · to turn off (a device)关键guānjiàn · crucial point关闭guānbì · to close海关hǎiguān · customs (i.e. border crossing inspection)

More words: Connectives & Grammar Words

可kě · but子zi · (common noun suffix)以下yǐxià · below以上yǐshàng · above的话dehuà · if (ends a conditional clause)者zhě · (suffix) person who …自zì · from性xìng · (suffix) -ness

FAQs

有关 (yǒuguān) means “to be related to” or “to concern”. It is an HSK 3.0 Level 3 word.
Say it yǒuguān: yǒu with a 3rd tone, then guān with a 1st tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
In Traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, 有关 is written 有關. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type youguan with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 有关 from the suggestions. Typing youguan into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
有关 is an HSK 3.0 Level 3 word in the official 2021 syllabus, and it is on our HSK 3.0 Band 4 word list. It is not on the older HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.