HSK 3.0 Level 3 · Everyday Verbs

关机 guānjī “to turn off (a device)” in Chinese

Traditional 關機

What 关机 means

  1. to turn off (a device)
  2. to shut down
  3. to turn off (a machine or device)
  4. to finish shooting a film

How to say 关机

  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale关guān1st tone, high and level
  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale机jī1st tone, high and level

关机 in a sentence

  1. 他的手机关机了。

    Tā de shǒujī guānjī le.

    His mobile phone is off.

    Sentence #3626385 from Tatoeba

  2. 我电脑自动关机了。

    Wǒ diànnǎo zìdòng guānjī le.

    My computer shut itself down.

    Sentence #1511025 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  3. 我关机前忘了存盘。

    Wǒ guānjī qián wàng le cúnpán.

    I forgot to save before switching off.

    Sentence #1397119 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 关机 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.

The character 机 (jī) with each of its parts in a different colour
机jīmachine; mechanism
  • 木tree · mù
  • 几table · jī

Memory aidA small table 几 made of wood 木: a machine. 几 (jī) also gives the sound.

How to write 关机

关 6 strokes · 机 6 strokes

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

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

Words related to 关机

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有关yǒuguān · to be related to关键guānjiàn · crucial point关闭guānbì · to close海关hǎiguān · customs (i.e. border crossing inspection)

Words with 机

飞机fēijī · aeroplane机场jīchǎng · airport手机shǒujī · mobile phone机票jīpiào · air ticket司机sījī · driver机会jīhuì · opportunity相机xiàngjī · camera耳机ěrjī · headphones开机kāijī · to switch on (a device)照相机zhàoxiàngjī · camera

More words: Everyday Verbs

遇见yùjiàn · to meet (by chance)刮guā · to blow (of wind)扫sǎo · to sweep搬家bānjiā · to move house开机kāijī · to switch on (a device)无法wúfǎ · to be unable to管guǎn · to manage活huó · to live

FAQs

关机 (guānjī) means “to turn off (a device)” or “to shut down”. It is an HSK 3.0 Level 3 word.
Say it guānjī: guān with a 1st tone, then jī 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, 关机 is written 關機. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type guanji with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 关机 from the suggestions. Typing guanji into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
关机 is an HSK 3.0 Level 3 word in the official 2021 syllabus, and it is on our HSK 3.0 Band 5 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.