HSK 3 · Common Objects

关系 guānxi “relation” in Chinese

Traditional 關係

What 关系 means

  1. relation
  2. to concern
  3. relationship
  4. connection
  5. to involve
More meanings from CC-CEDICT
  • to affect
  • guanxi (personal connections)

How to say 关系

  • 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 neutral tone: short and light, with no contour of its own系xineutral tone, light and short

Grey pinyin is a neutral tone: say it short and light. More on the neutral tone

关系 in a sentence

  1. 我和我的邻居关系很好。

    Wǒ hé wǒ de línjū guānxi hěn hǎo.

    I get on well with my neighbours.

    Sentence #346808 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 你的问题和我没有关系。

    Nǐ de wèntí hé wǒ méiyǒu guānxi.

    Your problem has nothing to do with me.

    Sentence #432332 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  3. 没关系，我可以等。

    Méi guānxi, wǒ kěyǐ děng.

    That’s OK, I can wait.

    Sentence #2303393 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 关系 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 系 (xì) with each of its parts in a different colour
系xìto connectlight in 关系
  • 丿slash · piě
  • 糸silk · mìMeaning part

Memory aidPicture silk threads 糸 hanging from a hand 丿: to tie, a link, a system.

How to write 关系

关 6 strokes · 系 7 strokes

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

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

Words related to 关系

Words with 关

没关系méi guānxi · it’s okay关guān · to close关心guānxīn · concerned about/with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)

Words with 系

没关系méi guānxi · it’s okay联系liánxì · to contact系xì · (university) department系统xìtǒng · system系领带jì lǐngdài · to tie a tie体系tǐxì · system系列xìliè · series

More words: Everyday Things

分fēn · divide根据gēnjù · according to公斤gōngjīn · kilogram公园gōngyuán · public park机会jīhuì · opportunity角jiǎo · horn节日jiérì · holiday刻kè · quarter hour

FAQs

关系 (guānxi) means “relation” or “to concern”. It is an HSK 3 word.
Say it guānxi: guān with a 1st tone, then xi with a neutral 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, 关系 is written 關係. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type guanxi with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 关系 from the suggestions. Typing guanxi into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
关系 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.