HSK 5 · Transport

海关 hǎiguān “customs (i.e. border crossing inspection)” in Chinese

Traditional 海關

What 海关 means

  1. customs (i.e. border crossing inspection)

Measure word 个 gè · 一个海关 yí ge hǎiguān

How to say 海关

  • Pitch chart of the third tone: dips low then rises, 2 to 1 to 4 on the five-level scale海hǎi3rd 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

海关 in a sentence

  1. 包裹被海关扣了。

    Bāoguǒ bèi hǎiguān kòu le.

    The package was seized by customs.

    Sentence #8767479 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters

  2. 我在机场被海关人员搜查。

    Wǒ zài jīchǎng bèi hǎiguān rényuán sōuchá.

    I was searched by customs officers at the airport.

    Sentence #727982 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

How 海关 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 海 (hǎi) with each of its parts in a different colour
海hǎiocean
  • 氵water form of 水 · shuǐMeaning part
  • 每each · měiSound part

氵 hints at the meaning (water); 每 (měi) hints at the sound. Compare it with hǎi.

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 海关

海 10 strokes · 关 6 strokes

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

Words related to 海关

Words with 海

海hǎi · sea海洋hǎiyáng · ocean海鲜hǎixiān · seafood海拔hǎibá · height above sea level海滨hǎibīn · seaside沿海yánhǎi · coastal

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关机guānjī · to turn off (a device)关键guānjiàn · crucial point关闭guānbì · to close

More words: Everyday Things

重点zhòngdiǎn · key point主意zhǔyi · plan作用zuòyòng · effect车厢chēxiāng · carriage驾驶jiàshǐ · to drive救护车jiùhùchē · ambulance卡车kǎchē · truck列车lièchē · train

FAQs

海关 (hǎiguān) means “customs (i.e. border crossing inspection)”. It is an HSK 5 word.
Say it hǎiguān: hǎi 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, 海关 is written 海關. The pronunciation is the same.
Use 个 (gè). For example, one customs (i.e. border crossing inspection) is 一个海关 (yí ge hǎiguān).
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type haiguan with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 海关 from the suggestions. Typing haiguan into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
海关 is an HSK 5 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.