关 (guān): 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)
关 (guān) is a Chinese character meaning “mountain pass.” Classified as HSK Level 1 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 丷 (structural) and 天 (structural). It ranks #127 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Definitions
- 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)
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
HSK Vocabulary with 关
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning | HSK |
|---|---|---|---|
| 关系noun/verb | guān xi | relation | 3 |
| 关于preposition | guān yú | pertaining to | 3 |
| 没关系 | méi guān xi | it doesn't matter | 1 |
| 有关verb/preposition | yǒu guān | to have sth to do with | 3 |
| 关心verb | guān xīn | to be concerned about | 3 |
| 关键noun/adjective | guān jiàn | crucial point | 4 |
| 无关verb | wú guān | unrelated | 5 |
| 关注verb | guān zhù | to pay attention to | 3 |
| 关闭verb | guān bì | to close | 5 |
| 相关verb | xiāng guān | related | 5 |
| 关联verb | guān lián | to be related | 6 |
| 至关重要 | zhì guān zhòng yào | extremely important | 6 |
| 开关noun | kāi guān | power switch | 6 |
| 关机 | guān jī | to turn off (a machine or device) | 3 |
| 海关noun | hǎi guān | customs (i.e. border crossing inspection) | 5 |
| 关爱verb | guān ài | to show concern and care for | 6 |
| 关怀verb | guān huái | care | 6 |
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 关掉 | guān diào | to switch off |
| 关门 | guān mén | to close a door |
| 关上 | guān shàng | to close (a door) |
| 关照 | guān zhào | to take care |
| 难关 | nán guān | difficulty |
| 机关 | jī guān | mechanism |
| 关押 | guān yā | to imprison |
| 公关 | gōng guān | public relations |
| 关节 | guān jié | joint (physiology) |
| 关乎 | guān hū | to relate to |
| 关头 | guān tóu | juncture |
| 双关 | shuāng guān | pun |
| 过关 | guò guān | to cross a barrier |
关 appears in 100 compound words: 55 as the first character, 43 as the last, and 2 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.
Strongest Collocations
Characters that most frequently co-occur with 关 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Idioms & Chengyu (28)
to close off the country to the outside world and conduct no trade or exchanges with other countries
Showing 12 of 28 idioms containing 关.
Example Sentences
这次经历让他明白了很多道理,也成长了不少。
Zhè cì jīnglì ràng tā míngbai le hěn duō dàolǐ, yě chéngzhǎng le bùshǎo.
This experience made him understand many truths and grow a lot.
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kuò chǎn yě lái bù jí ! quán qiú jì yì tǐ huāng jiāng chéng A I jìng zhēng guān jiàn píng jǐng yòu yī 矽 gǔ dà lǎo fā shēng shì jǐng
It's too late to expand production! The global memory shortage will become a key bottleneck in AI competition, and another Silicon Valley elder has issued a warning
“新春走基层”国外游客称赞贵州“秒通关”
xīn chūn zǒu jī céng guó wài yóu kè chèn zàn guì zhōu miǎo tōng guān
"New Year at the grassroots level" foreign tourists praise Guizhou for "customs clearance in seconds"
【城事】外滩开关式人墙再次启用,分流客流确保平台上..
chéng shì wài tān kāi guān shì rén qiáng zài cì qǐ yòng , fēn liú kè liú què bǎo píng tái shàng . .
【City Affairs】The Bund switch-type human wall is used again to divert passenger flow to ensure that the platform is ensured:
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xīn dōng néng chǎng wài yīn guān 尹 chāo yuè shèng fù de yōng bào bǐ jīn pái gēng kě guì
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伊最高领袖称伊朗武器事务“与美国无关”
yī zuì gāo lǐng xiù chèn yī lǎng wǔ qì shì wù yú měi guó mó guān
Iran's Supreme Leader Says Country's Weapons Affairs "Have Nothing to Do with the United States"
您介不介意我把灯关了?
Nín jiè bù jièyì wǒ bǎ dēng guānle?
Do you mind if I turn off the light?
可以帮忙关上窗子吗?
Kěyǐ bāngmáng guānshàng chuāngzi ma?
Close the window, will you?
我想把阅读灯关了,行吗?
Wǒ xiǎng bǎ yuèdú dēng guān le, xíng ma?
I'd like to turn off the reading lamp, is that OK?
你是不是跟长岛家有关系的?
Nǐ shì bù shì gēn Chángdǎo jiā yǒu guānxì de?
Are you related to the Nagashima family?
Character Family
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