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Strokes 2
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丷 + 天
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Mandarin guān
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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) / to concern / to involve
Results beginning with 关
关于 guān yú pertaining to / concerning / with regard to / about / a matter of
关系 guān xi variant of 關係|关系[guan1 xi5]
关注 guān zhù to pay attention to / to follow sth closely / to follow (on social media) / concern / interest / attention
关键 guān jiàn crucial point / crux / CL:個|个[ge4] / key / crucial / pivotal
关闭 guān bì to close / to shut (a window etc) / (of a shop, school etc) to shut down
关心 guān xīn to be concerned about / to care about
关联 guān lián to be related / to be connected / relationship / connection
关机 guān jī to turn off (a machine or device) / to finish shooting a film
关怀 guān huái care / solicitude / to show care for / concerned about / attentive to
关爱 guān ài to show concern and care for
关税 guān shuì customs duty / tariff
关节 guān jié joint (physiology) / key point / critical phase
关上 guān shàng to close (a door) / to turn off (light, electrical equipment etc)
关照 guān zhào to take care / to keep an eye on / to look after / to tell / to remind
关门 guān mén to close a door / to lock a door / (of a shop etc) to close (for the night, or permanently)
关掉 guān diào to switch off / to shut off
关切 guān qiè to be deeply concerned / to be troubled (by)
关头 guān tóu juncture / moment
关卡 guān qiǎ checkpoint (for taxation, security etc) / barrier / hurdle / red tape / CL:個|个[ge4],道[dao4]
关口 guān kǒu pass / gateway / (fig.) juncture
关羽 Guān Yǔ Guan Yu (-219), general of Shu and blood-brother of Liu Bei in Romance of the Three Kingdoms, fearsome fighter famous for virtue and loyalty / posthumously worshipped and identified with the guardian Bodhisattva Sangharama
关押 guān yā to imprison / to lock up (in jail)
关中 Guān zhōng Guanzhong Plain in Shaanxi
关乎 guān hū to relate to / concerning / about
关东 Guān dōng Northeast China / Manchuria / lit. east of Shanhai Pass 山海關|山海关[Shan1 hai3 guan1] / Kantō / region of Japan
关公 Guān gōng Lord Guan (i.e. 關羽|关羽[Guan1 Yu3])
关西 Guān xī Kansai region, Japan / Guanxi or Kuanhsi town in Hsinchu County 新竹縣|新竹县[Xin1 zhu2 Xian4], northwest Taiwan
关山 guān shān fortresses and mountains (along the Great Wall) / one's hometown
关停 guān tíng (of a power plant, refinery etc) to shut down
关子 guān zi climax (in a story)
关隘 guān ài mountain pass
关防 guān fáng security measures (esp. border security) / official seal (esp. military seal during Qing and Ming times)
关白 guān bái to inform / to notify
关厂 guān chǎng to shut down (a factory) / to close a facility / a lockout
关城 guān chéng defensive fort over border post
关岛 Guān Dǎo Guam
关断 guān duàn to shut off
关格 guān gé blocked or painful urination, constipation and vomiting (Chinese medicine)
关紧 guān jǐn to close firmly / to fasten securely / to make fast / to lock
关金 guān jīn see 關金券|关金券[guan1jin1quan4]
关境 guān jìng customs border
关连 guān lián variant of 關聯|关联[guan1 lian2]
关庙 Guān miào Guanmiao, a district in Tainan 台南|台南[Tai2 nan2], Taiwan
关塞 guān sài border fort, esp. defending narrow valley
关涉 guān shè to relate (to) / to concern / to involve / connection / relationship
关守 guān shǒu gatekeeper
关说 guān shuō to speak on sb's behalf / to intercede for sb / to lobby illegally
关外 Guān wài beyond the pass, i.e. the region north and east of Shanhai Pass 山海關|山海关[Shan1 hai3 guan1] or the region west of Jiayu Pass 嘉峪關|嘉峪关[Jia1 yu4 guan1] or both
关文 guān wén official document sent to an agency (or an official) of equal rank (in imperial times)
关饷 guān xiǎng to receive one's salary / to pay sb's wages
关严 guān yán to close (a window) completely / to shut (a door) properly / to turn off (a faucet) tightly
关栈 guān zhàn bonded warehouse
关张 guān zhāng (of a shop) to close down / to go out of business
关征 guān zhēng customs levy / customs post charging import duties
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关键字 guān jiàn zì keyword
关键词 guān jiàn cí keyword
关系到 guān xì dào relates to / bears upon
关节炎 guān jié yán arthritis
关系网 guān xi wǎng network of people with whom one has dealings on the basis of "scratch my back and I'll scratch yours"
关东军 Guān dōng jūn Japanese Kwantung army (or Kantō / army), notorious for numerous atrocities in China during WWII
关云长 Guān Yún cháng courtesy name of 關羽|关羽[Guan1 Yu3]
关东煮 Guān dōng zhǔ oden, Japanese dish made with boiled eggs, processed fish cakes, daikon radish, tofu etc in a kelp-based broth
关汉卿 Guān Hàn qīng Guan Hanqing (c. 1235-c. 1300), Yuan dynasty dramatist in the 雜劇|杂剧 / tradition of musical comedy, one of the Four Great Yuan dramatists 元曲四大家
关切区  area of interest
关键点 guān jiàn diǎn critical point
关节面 guān jié miàn articular facet (anatomy) / surface in joint
关节囊 guān jié náng articular capsule (of joint such as knee in anatomy)
关节腔 guān jié qiāng articular cavity / joint cavity
关节销 guān jié xiāo kingpin
关禁闭 guān jìn bì to put in detention (a soldier, a pupil)
关金券 guān jīn quàn Chinese customs gold unit, currency used in China between 1930 and 1948
关金圆 guān jīn yuán Chinese customs gold unit, currency used in China between 1930 and 1948
关联词 guān lián cí (grammar) a connective / a conjunction
关岭县 Guān lǐng xiàn Guanling Buyei and Hmong autonomous county in Anshun 安順|安顺[An1 shun4], Guizhou
关庙乡 Guān miào xiāng Kuanmiao township in Tainan county 台南縣|台南县[Tai2 nan2 xian4], Taiwan
关山镇 Guān shān zhèn Guanshan or Kuanshan town in Taitung County 臺東縣|台东县[Tai2 dong1 Xian4], southeast Taiwan
关系户 guān xi hù a connection (sb with whom one has dealings on the basis of "scratch my back and I'll scratch yours")
关系式 guān xì shì equation expressing a relation (math.)
关西镇 Guān xī zhèn Guanxi or Kuanhsi town in Hsinchu County 新竹縣|新竹县[Xin1 zhu2 Xian4], northwest Taiwan
关颖珊 Guān Yǐng shān Michelle Kwan (1980-), former American figure skater, Olympic medalist
关栈费 guān zhàn fèi bonding fee
关之琳 Guān Zhī lín Rosamund Kwan (1962-), Hong Kong actress
关中话 guān zhōng huà Guanzhong
关键时刻 guān jiàn shí kè key moment / critical time
关税壁垒 guān shuì bì lěi tariff wall
关门大吉 guān mén dà jí to close down a business for good and put the best face on it (idiom)
关税率表  tariff schedule
关键物种  keystone species
关键类别  key category
关务干事  customs officer
关注对象  persons of concern to UNHCR / persons of concern
关键性的  mission critical
关系协定  Relationship Agreement between the United Nations and the International Criminal Court / Relationship Agreement
关键地势  key terrain
关心地球  Earth care
关键职能  critical function
关节挛缩  joint contracture / contracture
关闭状态 guān bì zhuàng tài lockdown
关岛大学 Guān Dǎo Dà xué University of Guam
关店歇业 guān diàn xiē yè to close up shop and cease business temporarily / closed for business
关帝文化 guān dì wén huà Kuan
关东地震 Guān dōng dì zhèn Kantō / earthquake of 1923, magnitude 8.2, that killed 200,000 people in the Tokyo area
关怀备至 guān huái bèi zhì the utmost care (idiom) / to look after sb in every possible way
关键设施 guān jiàn shè shī critical facility
关联公司 guān lián gōng sī related company / affiliate
关门打狗 guān mén dǎ gǒu lit. shut the door and beat the dog (idiom) / fig. seal off the enemy's avenue of retreat, then strike hard
关门弟子 guān mén dì zǐ last disciple of a master
关门捉贼 guān mén zhuō zéi to catch a thief by closing his escape route (idiom)
关你屁事 guān nǐ pì shì (coll.) None of your goddamn business! / Mind your own business!
关税高峰 guān shuì gāo fēng tariff peak
关税国境 guān shuì guó jìng customs border
关税升级 guān shuì shēng jí tariff escalation
关税同盟 guān shuì tóng méng customs union
关税小组 guān shuì xiǎo zǔ Group on Tariffs
关塔那摩 Guān tǎ nà mó Guantanamo
关塔纳摩 Guān tǎ nà mó Guantanamo, Cuba
关系密切 guān xì mì qiè close relationship / intimately related
关系融洽 guān xì róng qià social rapport / harmonious relations / sociable
关系营销 guān xi yíng xiāo relationship marketing
关中地区 Guān zhōng dì qū Guanzhong Plain in Shaanxi
关中平原 Guān zhōng píng yuán Guanzhong Plain in Shaanxi
关注非洲 guān zhù fēi zhōu Focus on Africa
关贸总协定 Guān Mào Zǒng xié dìng GATT, the 1995 General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade
关注加勒比  Focus on the Caribbean
关系委员会  Committee on Relations
关键举报人  key informant
关节切断术  disarticulation / exarticulation
关闭式监所  closed penal institution
关键路径法  critical path method / critical path analysis / critical path survey
关塔那摩湾 Guān tǎ nà mó Wān Guantanamo Bay (in Cuba)
关系代名词 guān xi dài míng cí relative pronoun
关西电视台 guān xī diàn shì tái Kansai
关心非洲社 guān xīn fēi zhōu shè Africare
关系数据库 guān xi shù jù kù relational database management system
关税约束承诺  tariff binding
关系型数据库  relational database
关键自然资本  critical natural capital
关心世事中心  Center of Concern
关心犯罪组织  Crime Concern
关键路径分析  critical path method / critical path analysis / critical path survey
关键路径调查  critical path method / critical path analysis / critical path survey
关键组成部分  key component
关键绩效指标 guān jiàn jì xiào zhǐ biāo key performance indicator (KPI)
关键设计评审 guān jiàn shè jì píng shěn critical design review
关于南非的宣言  Declaration on South Africa
关于体制的辩论  constitutional discussions
关爱家庭的社会  family-friendly society
关于中东的声明  Declaration on the Middle East
关岛土着联合会  Guahan Indigenous Collective
关岛自决委员会  Guam Commission on Self-Determination
Approximate Results for 关
相关 xiāng guān related / relevant / pertinent / to be interrelated / (statistics) correlation
有关 yǒu guān to have sth to do with / to relate to / related to / to concern / concerning
机关 jī guān mechanism / gear / machine-operated / office / agency / organ / organization / establishment / institution / body / stratagem / scheme / intrigue / plot / trick / CL:個|个[ge4]
无关 wú guān unrelated / having nothing to do (with sth else)
开关 kāi guān power switch / gas valve / to open the city (or frontier) gate / to open and close / to switch on and off
海关 hǎi guān customs (i.e. border crossing inspection) / CL:個|个[ge4]
公关 gōng guān public relations
过关 guò guān to cross a barrier / to get through (an ordeal) / to pass (a test) / to reach (a standard)
网关 wǎng guān network router / gateway (to Internet or between networks)
大关 dà guān strategic pass / barrier or mark (i.e. a level considered impressive, usually a round figure such as 10,000) / instrument of torture used to break limbs
攻关 gōng guān to storm a strategic pass / fig. to tackle a key problem
通关 tōng guān to clear customs / (gaming) to finish (a game, a level, a stage, etc)
事关 shì guān to concern / on (some topic) / about / concerning / to have importance for
报关 bào guān to declare at customs
把关 bǎ guān to guard a pass / to check on sth
难关 nán guān difficulty / crisis
城关 chéng guān area outside a city gate
闭关 bì guān to close the passes / to seal off the country / seclusion (monastic practice, e.g. of Chan Buddhists)
牙关 yá guān jaw / mandibular joint
闯关 chuǎng guān to crash through a barrier
入关 rù guān to enter a pass / to go through customs
玄关 xuán guān entrance hall / vestibule
年关 nián guān end of the year
边关 biān guān border station / strategic defensive position on frontier
阳关 Yáng guān Yangguan or Southern Pass on the south Silk Road in Gansu, 70 km south of Dunhuang 敦煌
攸关 yōu guān of great concern
双关 shuāng guān pun / play on words
北关 Běi guān Beiguan district of Anyang city 安陽市|安阳市[An1 yang2 shi4], Henan
国关 Guó Guān abbr. for 國際關係學院|国际关系学院[Guo2 ji4 Guan1 xi4 Xue2 yuan4], University of International Relations, Beijing
壶关 Hú guān Huguan county in Changzhi 長治|长治[Chang2 zhi4], Shanxi
互关 hù guān to follow each other on a social media platform (abbr. for 互相關注|互相关注[hu4xiang1 guan1zhu4])
进关 jìn guān inbound customs (international trade)
卡关 kǎ guān to be stuck / to feel stuck
叩关 kòu guān to knock at the gate (old) / to make an approach / to invade / to attack the goal (sports)
扣关 kòu guān variant of 叩關|叩关[kou4 guan1]
马关 Mǎ guān Maguan county in Wenshan Zhuang and Miao autonomous prefecture 文山壯族苗族自治州|文山壮族苗族自治州[Wen2 shan1 Zhuang4 zu2 Miao2 zu2 zi4 zhi4 zhou1], Yunnan
南关 Nán guān Nanguan district of Changchun city 長春市|长春市, Jilin
偏关 Piān guān Pianguan county in Xinzhou 忻州[Xin1 zhou1], Shanxi
破关 pò guān to solve or overcome (a difficult problem) / to beat (a video game)
清关 qīng guān customs clearance
取关 qǔ guān to unfollow (on social media etc) (abbr. for 取消關注|取消关注[qu3xiao1 guan1zhu4])
韶关 Sháo guān see 韶關市|韶关市[Shao2guan1 Shi4]
税关 shuì guān customs house (in ancient times)
潼关 Tóng guān Tongguan County in Weinan 渭南[Wei4 nan2], Shaanxi
退关 tuì guān shut-out, container or consigment not carried on the intended vessel or aircraft
下关 Xià guān Xiaguan district of Nanjing City 南京市 / in Jiangsu 江蘇|江苏
验关 yàn guān customs inspection (at frontier)
坐关 zuò guān (Buddhism) to sit in contemplation
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没关系 méi guān xi it doesn't matter
性关系 xìng guān xi sexual relations / sexual contact / intercourse
相关性 xiāng guān xìng correlation
山海关 Shān hǎi guān Shanhai Pass in Hebei, at the eastern terminus of the Ming dynasty Great Wall / Shanhaiguan district of Qinhuangdao city 秦皇島市|秦皇岛市[Qin2 huang2 dao3 shi4], Hebei
城关镇 Chéng guān zhèn Chengguan town (common place name)
鬼门关 guǐ mén guān the gates of hell
机关报 jī guān bào official (government-operated) newspaper
膝关节 xī guān jié knee joint
机关枪 jī guān qiāng machine gun / also written 機槍|机枪[ji1 qiang1]
卖关子 mài guān zi (in storytelling) to keep listeners in suspense / (in general) to keep people on tenterhooks
拉关系 lā guān xì to seek contact with sb for one's own benefit / to suck up to sb
平型关 Píng xíng guān Pingxing Pass, mountain pass in Shanxi Province
居庸关 Jū yōng guān Juyongguan, frontier fortress on Great Wall north of Beijing, in Changping district 昌平區|昌平区[Chang1 ping2 qu1]
指关节 zhǐ guān jié knuckle
双关语 shuāng guān yǔ pun / play on words / a phrase with a double meaning
阳关道 Yáng guān Dào same as 陽關大道|阳关大道[Yang2 guan1 Da4 dao4]
遥相关  teleconnection
把关人  gatekeeper
北关区 Běi guān qū Beiguan district of Anyang city 安陽市|安阳市[An1 yang2 shi4], Henan
城关区 Chéng guān Qū Chengguan District of Lhasa City 拉薩市|拉萨市[La1 sa4 Shi4], Tibetan: Lha sa khrin kon chus, Tibet / Chengguan district of Lanzhou city 蘭州市|兰州市[Lan2 zhou1 Shi4], Gansu
闯关者 chuǎng guān zhě person who crashes through a barrier / gate-crasher
大关县 Dà guān xiàn Daguan county in Zhaotong 昭通[Zhao1 tong1], Yunnan
负相关 fù xiāng guān negative correlation
函谷关 Hán gǔ Guān Hangu Pass in modern day Henan Province, strategic pass forming the eastern gate of the Qin State during the Warring States Period (770-221 BC)
壶关县 Hú guān xiàn Huguan county in Changzhi 長治|长治[Chang2 zhi4], Shanxi
嘉峪关 Jiā yù guān see 嘉峪關市|嘉峪关市[Jia1yu4guan1 Shi4]
机关车 jī guān chē locomotive
机关炮 jī guān pào machine cannon / machine-gun cannon
开关管 kāi guān guǎn switching device / switching tube
髋关节 kuān guān jié pelvis / hip joint
冷关闭 lěng guān bì cold shutdown
马关县 Mǎ guān xiàn Maguan county in Wenshan Zhuang and Miao autonomous prefecture 文山壯族苗族自治州|文山壮族苗族自治州[Wen2 shan1 Zhuang4 zu2 Miao2 zu2 zi4 zhi4 zhou1], Yunnan
买关节 mǎi guān jié to offer a bribe
卖关节 mài guān jié to solicit a bribe / to accept a bribe
南关区 Nán guān qū Nanguan district of Changchun city 長春市|长春市, Jilin
偏关县 Piān guān xiàn Pianguan county in Xinzhou 忻州[Xin1 zhou1], Shanxi
热关闭 rè guān bì hot shutdown
入关学 rù guān xué theory proposed in 2019 on Chinese social media, centering on the idea of China replacing the United States as the dominant nation in a new world order, drawing an analogy with the Manchu overthrow of the Ming dynasty, achieved after the Qing army entered China via the Shanhai Pass 入關|入关[ru4 guan1]
韶关市 Sháo guān shì Shaoguan, prefecture-level city in Guangdong Province 廣東省|广东省[Guang3dong1 Sheng3]
通关节 tōng guān jié to facilitate by means of bribery
潼关县 Tóng guān Xiàn Tongguan County in Weinan 渭南[Wei4 nan2], Shaanxi
下关区 Xià guān qū Xiaguan district of Nanjing City 南京市 / in Jiangsu 江蘇|江苏
下关市 Xià guān shì Shimonoseki, city in Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan
有关连 yǒu guān lián relate
有关联 yǒu guān lián related to / concerning / to be correlated
有关系 yǒu guān xi to relate to / to be relevant / to have involvement / to have connections
玉门关 Yù mén Guān Yumen Pass, or Jade Gate, western frontier post on the Silk Road in the Han Dynasty, west of Dunhuang, in Gansu
正相关 zhèng xiāng guān positive correlation
镇南关 zhèn nán guān Lang
中关村 Zhōng guān cūn Zhongguancun neighborhood of Beijing, containing Peking University, famous for electronics shops and bookstores
转关系 zhuǎn guān xi to transfer (from one unit to another)
总开关 zǒng kāi guān main switch
公安机关 gōng ān jī guān public security bureau
人际关系 rén jì guān xì interpersonal relationship
行政机关 xíng zhèng jī guān administrative authority / branch of government
司法机关 sī fǎ jī guān judicial authorities
伙伴关系 huǒ bàn guān xi partnership
政府机关 zhèng fǔ jī guān government (viewed as an organization) / institutions of government / government office
息息相关 xī xī xiāng guān closely bound up (idiom) / intimately related
党政机关 dǎng zhèng jī guān (Communist) Party and government organizations
社会关系 shè huì guān xì social relation
中日关系 Zhōng Rì guān xì Sino-Japanese relations
公共关系 gōng gòng guān xì public relations
无关紧要 wú guān jǐn yào indifferent / insignificant
国际关系 guó jì guān xì international relations
海关总署 hǎi guān zǒng shǔ General Administration of Customs (GAC)
两国关系 liǎng guó guān xì bilateral relations
发生关系 fā shēng guān xi to have sexual relations with sb / to have dealings with
相互关系 xiāng hù guān xì interrelationship
血缘关系 xuè yuán guān xì blood relationship / consanguinity
男女关系 nán nu:3 guān xì man-woman connection / intimate relationship
生产关系 shēng chǎn guān xì relations between levels of production / socio-economic relations
漠不关心 mò bù guān xīn not the least bit concerned / completely indifferent
外交关系 wài jiāo guān xì foreign relations / diplomatic relations
过关斩将 guò guān zhǎn jiàng to surmount all difficulties (on the way to success) (idiom) (abbr. for 過五關斬六將|过五关斩六将[guo4 wu3 guan1 zhan3 liu4 jiang4])
两性关系 liǎng xìng guān xì gender relations
中国海关 zhōng guó hǎi guān Chinese customs (i.e. border police)
暧昧关系 ài mèi guān xì shady relationship / affair / adulterous relationship
生死攸关 shēng sǐ yōu guān matter of life and death
中俄关系 Zhōng E2 guān xì Sino-Russian relations
闭关锁国 bì guān suǒ guó to close the passes and seal off the country / to close a country to exclude foreign contact
休戚相关 xiū qī xiāng guān to share the same interests (idiom) / to be closely related / to be in the same boat
裙带关系 qún dài guān xi favoritism shown to sb because of the influence of the person's wife or other female relative / (by extension) favoritism towards relatives, friends or associates
骨关节炎 gǔ guān jié yán osteoarthritis
闭关自守 bì guān zì shǒu close the country to international intercourse
利害攸关 lì hài yōu guān to be of vital interest
蒙混过关 méng hùn guò guān to get away with it / to slip through / to bluff one's way out / Taiwan pr. [meng1 hun4 guo4 guan1]
人命关天 rén mìng guān tiān human life is beyond value (idiom)
生死关头 shēng sǐ guān tóu the critical moment / life and death crisis
事不关己 shì bù guān jǐ a matter of no concern to oneself (idiom)
无关痛痒 wú guān tòng yǎng not to affect sb / irrelevant / of no importance / insignificant
阳关大道 Yáng Guān dà dào (lit.) the road through Yangguan 陽關|阳关[Yang2 guan1] / (fig.) wide open road / bright future
咬定牙关 yǎo dìng yá guān see 咬緊牙關|咬紧牙关[yao3 jin3 ya2 guan1]
重机关枪 zhòng jī guān qiāng also written 重機槍|重机枪 / heavy machine gun
相关调任  related reassignment
相关问题  inter(-)related (issues)
相关基金  associated fund
统属关系  reporting line
相关材料  related materials
性别关系  gender relations
维和网关  peacekeeping gateway
族群关系  community relations
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