关键

Character by character

• 关guān6 strokesHSK 1 traditional 關frontier pass; close; relation
• 键jiàn13 strokesHSK 4 traditional 鍵door bolt, lock bolt; key

Each character links to its stroke order page with a tracing and a writing exercise.

Example sentences

• 这是一个关键点。

  Zhè shì yī gè guān jiàn diǎn

  This is a crucial point.

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• 这正是问题的关键。

  Zhè zhèng shì wèn tí de guān jiàn

  That's the point.

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• 关键不在穿什么，而是怎么穿。

  Guān jiàn bù zài chuān shén me ér shì zěn me chuān

  It's not what you wear, it's how you wear it.

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Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR), contributed by their community.

Words with the same characters

These words share at least one character with 关键. Reading them together is how the character starts to stick — the same characters in a different context.

• 关系guān xiHSK 3

  relation; relationship; to concern; to affect; to have to do with; guanxi

• 关于guān yúHSK 4

  pertaining to; concerning; with regard to; about; a matter of

• 有关yǒu guānHSK 6

  to have sth to do with; to relate to; related to; to concern; concerning

• 关注guān zhùHSK 3

  to pay attention to; to follow sth closely; to follow (on social media); concern; interest; attention

• 关guānHSK 1

  mountain pass; to close; to shut; to turn off; to confine; to lock (sb) up; to shut (sb in a room, a bird in a cage etc); to concern; to involve

• 关心guān xīnHSK 2

  to be concerned about; to care about

• 相关xiāng guānHSK 3

  related; relevant; pertinent; to be interrelated; (statistics) correlation

• 关闭guān bìHSK 4

  to close; to shut (a window etc); (of a shop, school etc) to shut down

• 无关wú guānHSK 6

  unrelated; having nothing to do (with sth else)

• 没关系méi guān xiHSK 1

  it doesn't matter

• 机关jī guānHSK 6

  mechanism; gear; machine-operated; office; agency; organ; organization; establishment; institution; body; stratagem; scheme; intrigue; plot; trick

• 关联guān liánHSK 6

  to be related; to be connected; relationship; connection

• 键jiànHSK 5

  key (on a piano or computer keyboard); button (on a mouse or other device); chemical bond; linchpin

• 关节guān jiéHSK 7

  joint (physiology); key point; critical phase

• 关上guān shàngHSK 1

  to close (a door); to turn off (light, electrical equipment etc)

• 开关kāi guānHSK 6

  power switch; gas valve; to open the city (or frontier) gate; to open and close; to switch on and off

• 海关hǎi guānHSK 3

  customs (i.e. border crossing inspection)

• 至关重要zhì guān zhòng yàoHSK 7

  extremely important; vital; crucial; essential

• 公关gōng guānHSK 7

  public relations

• 键盘jiàn pánHSK 5

  keyboard

• 关怀guān huáiHSK 5

  care; solicitude; to show care for; concerned about; attentive to

• 关爱guān àiHSK 6

  to show concern and care for

• 关机guān jīHSK 2

  to turn off (a machine or device); to finish shooting a film

• 关掉guān diàoHSK 7

  to switch off; to shut off