关系

Character by character

• 关guān6 strokesHSK 1 traditional 關frontier pass; close; relation
• 系xì7 strokesHSK 1 traditional 係system; line, link, connection

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

Example sentences

• 没关系。

  Méi guān xi

  It doesn't matter.

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• 不，没关系。

  Bù méi guān xi

  No, there's no problem.

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• 对，我没关系。

  Duì wǒ méi guān xi

  Yes, I'm fine.

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• 没关系！我来做！

  Méi guān xi wǒ lái zuò

  Don't worry. I'll do it.

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Words with the same characters

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

• 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

• 系统xì tǒngHSK 4

  system

• 联系lián xìHSK 3

  connection; contact; relation; to get in touch with; to integrate; to link; to touch

• 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

• 关键guān jiànHSK 5

  crucial point; crux; key; crucial; pivotal

• 关心guān xīnHSK 2

  to be concerned about; to care about

• 系xìHSK 3

  to connect; to relate to; to tie up; to bind; to be (literary)

• 相关xiāng guānHSK 3

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

• 系列xì lièHSK 4

  series; set

• 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

• 体系tǐ xìHSK 7

  system; setup

• 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

• 关怀guān huáiHSK 5

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