HSK 5 · Function Words

相关 xiāngguān “related” in Chinese

Traditional 相關

What 相关 means

  1. related
  2. relevant
  3. pertinent
  4. to be interrelated
  5. (statistics) correlation

How to say 相关

  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale相xiāng1st tone, high and level
  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale关guān1st tone, high and level

相关 in a sentence

  1. 英语和德语是两种相关的语言。

    Yīngyǔ hé Déyǔ shì liǎng zhǒng xiāngguān de yǔyán.

    English and German are related languages.

    Sentence #811858 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

  2. 评论要与主题相关。

    Pínglùn yào yǔ zhǔtí xiāngguān.

    Comments must be relevant to the topic.

    Sentence #7771971 from Tatoeba

  3. 请你告诉我相关情况。

    Qǐng nǐ gàosu wǒ xiāngguān qíngkuàng.

    Please tell me the relevant details.

    Sentence #5670797 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

How 相关 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 相 (xiāng) with each of its parts in a different colour
相xiāngeach other
  • 木tree · mù
  • 目eye · mù

Memory aidAn eye 目 looking at a tree 木: to look at, and so “each other”.

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 相关

相 9 strokes · 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.

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

Words related to 相关

Words with 相

相信xiāngxìn · to believe照相zhàoxiàng · to take a photo相机xiàngjī · camera照相机zhàoxiàngjī · camera相反xiāngfǎn · opposite相同xiāngtóng · the same互相hùxiāng · each other相处xiāngchǔ · to get along (with someone)相似xiāngsì · similar相当xiāngdāng · equivalent to

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: Function Words & Grammar

无数wúshù · countless显然xiǎnrán · clearly相当xiāngdāng · equivalent to相对xiāngduì · relatively项xiàng · item幸亏xìngkuī · fortunately要不yàobù · otherwise一旦yídàn · once

FAQs

相关 (xiāngguān) means “related” or “relevant”. It is an HSK 5 word.
Say it xiāngguān: xiāng with a 1st 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, 相关 is written 相關. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type xiangguan with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 相关 from the suggestions. Typing xiangguan into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
相关 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.