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关系關係 guānxi — relationship, ties (between people)

guānxi (first tone, high and level)guan1xi

Traditional: 關係

relationship, ties (between people)

HSK 3· HSK 1–4 (classic)Level 3· Three-band, nine-level standardnounMeasure word 个Measure word 种
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Meanings

  1. relationship, ties (between people)

    How two people stand towards each other. Chinese talks about 关系 far more readily than English talks about "relationships": colleagues, neighbours and classmates all have a 关系 that can be 好 or 不好.

    noun

  2. bearing, connection (with something)

    noun

    没关系, the HSK 1 phrase for "never mind", is this word: literally "there is no connection" — what you did has no bearing on anything, so no harm is done.

Character breakdown

  • 关關
    guān (first tone, high and level)

    to close, to shut; to turn off; to concern, to involve; a pass, a barrier, a customs post

    6 strokes⿱丷天Radical 八

Example sentences

  • 他们两个人的关系很好。他們兩個人的關係很好。Tāmen (first tone, high and level) liǎng (third tone, dipping) ge (neutral tone) rén (second tone, rising) de (neutral tone) guānxi (first tone, high and level) hěn (third tone, dipping) hǎo. (third tone, dipping)···

    The two of them get on very well.

  • 这件事情和我没有关系。這件事情和我沒有關係。Zhè (fourth tone, falling) jiàn (fourth tone, falling) shìqing (fourth tone, falling) hé (second tone, rising) wǒ (third tone, dipping) méiyǒu (second tone, rising) guānxi. (first tone, high and level)···

    This has nothing to do with me.

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