HSK 3 · Verbs

关 guān “to close” in Chinese

Traditional 關

What 关 means

  1. to close
  2. shut
  3. concern
  4. relationship
  5. mountain pass
More meanings from CC-CEDICT
  • to turn off
  • to confine
  • to lock (sb) up
  • to shut (sb in a room, a bird in a cage etc)
  • to involve

How to say 关

  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale关guān1st tone, high and level

关 in a sentence

  1. 可以麻烦你把窗关了吗？

    Kěyǐ máfan nǐ bǎ chuāng guān le ma?

    Could you please close the window?

    Sentence #8593084 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 他关掉了电视开始学习。

    Tā guāndiào le diànshì kāishǐ xuéxí.

    He turned off the TV and started studying.

    Sentence #3666930 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  3. 全部的店都关了。

    Quánbù de diàn dōu guān le.

    All the shops are closed.

    Sentence #10484388 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 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 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 关

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.

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

Words related to 关

Words with 关

没关系méi guānxi · it’s okay关心guānxīn · concerned about/with关系guānxi · relation关于guānyú · about关注guānzhù · to pay close attention to有关yǒuguān · to be related 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: Common Verbs

带dài · band发fā · send out发现fāxiàn · discover放fàng · put过guo · particle for past experience (have done)过去guòqù · in the past花huā · flower画huà · draw

FAQs

关 (guān) means “to close” or “shut”. It is an HSK 3 word.
Say it guān: 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, 关 is written 關. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type guan with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 关 from the suggestions. Typing guan into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
关 is an HSK 3 word in the 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.