HSK 3 · Function Words

关于 guānyú “about” in Chinese

Traditional 關於

What 关于 means

  1. about
  2. regarding
  3. concerning
  4. pertaining to
  5. with regard to
More meanings from CC-CEDICT
  • a matter of

How to say 关于

  • 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 second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale于yú2nd tone, rising

关于 in a sentence

  1. 我买了一本关于动物的书。

    Wǒ mǎi le yì běn guānyú dòngwù de shū.

    I bought a book about animals.

    Sentence #9545088 from Tatoeba

  2. 你能稍微告诉我关于自己的事情吗？

    Nǐ néng shāowēi gàosu wǒ guānyú zìjǐ de shìqing ma?

    Can you tell me a little about yourself?

    Sentence #5091776 from Tatoeba

  3. 关于计划他什么也不知道。

    Guānyú jìhuà tā shénme yě bù zhīdao.

    He doesn’t know anything about the plan.

    Sentence #3774667 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 关于 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 于 (yú) with each of its parts in a different colour
于yúto go
  • 二two · èr
  • 亅hook · jué

How to write 关于

关 6 strokes · 于 3 strokes

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

Words related to 关于

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 于

终于zhōngyú · at last对于duìyú · regarding由于yóuyú · due to于是yúshì · thereupon位于wèiyú · to be located at善于shànyú · to be good at等于děngyú · to equal属于shǔyú · to be classified as在于zàiyú · to lie in至于zhìyú · as for

More words: Particles & Connectors

除了chúle · besides地dì · earth多么duōme · how跟gēn · to follow还是háishi · or还huán · to return或者huòzhě · or然后ránhòu · then

FAQs

关于 (guānyú) means “about” or “regarding”. It is an HSK 3 word.
Say it guānyú: guān with a 1st tone, then yú with a 2nd 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, 关于 is written 關於. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type guanyu with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 关于 from the suggestions. Typing guanyu into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
关于 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.