Chinese words starting with “guan”
44 words in our HSK vocabulary start with the syllable guan. They are sorted by how common they are, so the ones you are most likely to meet come first. The 14 most useful of them have their own page — they are listed first below.
Initial g · final uan · hear the four tones and see example characters →
- 1st tone 25
- 3rd tone 8
- 4th tone 11
Word counts by tone are counted on the first syllable of each word.
Common words with this syllable
- 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
- 关注guān zhùHSK 3
to pay attention to; to follow sth closely; to follow (on social media); concern; interest; attention
- 关键guān jiànHSK 5
crucial point; crux; key; crucial; pivotal
- 冠军guàn jūnHSK 5
champion
- 关心guān xīnHSK 2
to be concerned about; to care about
- 管理guǎn lǐHSK 3
to supervise; to manage; to administer; management; administration
- 观众guān zhòngHSK 3
spectators; audience; visitors (to an exhibition etc)
- 观察guān cháHSK 3
to observe; to watch; to survey
- 观点guān diǎnHSK 2
point of view; viewpoint; standpoint
- 观看guān kànHSK 3
to watch; to view
- 观念guān niànHSK 3
notion; thought; concept; sense; views; ideology; general impressions
- 关上guān shàngHSK 1
to close (a door); to turn off (light, electrical equipment etc)
- 关机guān jīHSK 2
to turn off (a machine or device); to finish shooting a film
All 44 words
| # | Word | Pinyin | POS | Meaning | Study list |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 管 | guǎn | v,q | to take care (of); to control; to manage; to be in charge of; to look after; to run; to care about; tube; pipe; woodwind; classifier for tube-shaped objects; particle similar to 把 in 管...叫 constructions; writing brush; (coll.) to; towards | |
| 2 | 关 | guān | v,n,nr | 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 | |
| 3 | 官 | guān | n | government official; governmental; official; public; organ of the body | |
| 4 | 官员 | guān yuán | n | official (in an organization or government); administrator | |
| 5 | 关闭 | guān bì | v,vn | to close; to shut (a window etc); (of a shop, school etc) to shut down | |
| 6 | 官方 | guān fāng | n | government; official (approved or issued by an authority) | |
| 7 | 关联 | guān lián | vn,v | to be related; to be connected; relationship; connection | |
| 8 | 罐 | guàn | g,q | can; jar; pot | |
| 9 | 管道 | guǎn dào | n | tubing; pipeline; (fig.) channel; means | |
| 10 | 灌 | guàn | v,g | to irrigate; to pour; to install (software); to record (music) | |
| 11 | 官司 | guān si | n | lawsuit | |
| 12 | 关节 | guān jié | n | joint (physiology); key point; critical phase | |
| 13 | 关怀 | guān huái | vn,v | care; solicitude; to show care for; concerned about; attentive to | |
| 14 | 惯例 | guàn lì | n | convention; usual practice | |
| 15 | 关爱 | guān ài | v,vn | to show concern and care for | |
| 16 | 惯 | guàn | v | accustomed to; used to; indulge; to spoil (a child) | |
| 17 | 关掉 | guān diào | v | to switch off; to shut off | |
| 18 | 观光 | guān guāng | v,vn | to tour; sightseeing; tourism | |
| 19 | 管家 | guǎn jiā | n | (old) butler; steward; manager; administrator; housekeeper; to manage a household | |
| 20 | 观赏 | guān shǎng | v,vn | to look at sth with pleasure; to watch (sth marvelous); ornamental | |
| 21 | 棺材 | guān cai | n | coffin | |
| 22 | 管用 | guǎn yòng | a,v | efficacious; useful | |
| 23 | 管辖 | guǎn xiá | v,vn | to administer; to have jurisdiction (over) | |
| 24 | 关照 | guān zhào | v,vn | to take care; to keep an eye on; to look after; to tell; to remind | |
| 25 | 罐头 | guàn tou | n | tin; can | |
| 26 | 贯穿 | guàn chuān | v | to run through; a connecting thread from beginning to end; to link | |
| 27 | 观望 | guān wàng | v,vn | to wait and see; to watch from the sidelines; to look around; to survey | |
| 28 | 管子 | guǎn zi | n,nr | tube; pipe; drinking straw | |
| 29 | 观测 | guān cè | vn,v | to observe; to survey; observation (scientific etc) | |
| 30 | 关头 | guān tóu | n | juncture; moment | |
| 31 | 贯彻 | guàn chè | v | to implement; to put into practice; to carry out | |
| 32 | 灌输 | guàn shū | v,vn | to imbue with; to inculcate; to instill into; to teach; to impart; to channel water to another place | |
| 33 | 官僚 | guān liáo | n | bureaucrat; bureaucracy; bureaucratic | |
| 34 | 观摩 | guān mó | v,vn | to observe and emulate; to study (esp. following sb's example) | |
| 35 | 灌溉 | guàn gài | vn,v | to irrigate | |
| 36 | 管教 | guǎn jiào | vn,v | to discipline; to teach; to guarantee | |
| 37 | 官兵 | guān bīng | n | (military) officers and soldiers; officers and men; (old) government troops | |
| 38 | 惯性 | guàn xìng | n | (physics) inertia; (fig.) force of habit; tendency to do things in the accustomed way; habitual | |
| 39 | 官僚主义 | guān liáo zhǔ yì | n | bureaucracy | |
| 40 | 关税 | guān shuì | n | customs duty; tariff | |
| 41 | 管理费 | guǎn lǐ fèi | n | management fee | |
| 42 | 贯通 | guàn tōng | v | to link up; to thread together | |
| 43 | 官吏 | guān lì | n | bureaucrat; official | |
| 44 | 观感 | guān gǎn | n | one's impressions; observations |
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