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 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
 guān yú pertaining to / concerning / with regard to / about / a matter of
 guān xi variant of 關係|关系[guan1 xi5]
 guān zhù to pay attention to / to follow sth closely / to follow (on social media) / concern / interest / attention
 guān jiàn crucial point / crux / CL:個|个[ge4] / key / crucial / pivotal
 guān bì to close / to shut
 guān xīn to be concerned about / to care about
 guān lián related / linked / affiliated
 guān jī to turn off (a machine or device) / to finish shooting a film
怀 guān huái care / solicitude / to show care for / concerned about / attentive to
 guān ài to show concern and care for
 guān shuì customs duty / tariff
 guān jié joint (physiology) / key point / critical phase
 guān shàng to close (a door) / to turn off (light, electrical equipment etc)
 guān zhào to take care / to keep an eye on / to look after / to tell / to remind
 guān mén to close a door / to lock a door / (of a shop etc) to close (for the night, or permanently)
 guān diào to switch off / to shut off
 guān qiè to be deeply concerned / to be troubled (by)
 guān tóu juncture / moment
 guān qiǎ checkpoint (for taxation, security etc) / barrier / hurdle / red tape / CL:個|个[ge4],道[dao4]
 guān kǒu pass / gateway / (fig.) juncture
 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
 guān yā to imprison / to lock up (in jail)
 Guān zhōng Guanzhong Plain in Shaanxi
 guān hū to relate to / concerning / about
 Guān dōng Northeast China / Manchuria / lit. east of Shanhai Pass 山海關|山海关[Shan1 hai3 guan1] / Kantō / region of Japan
 Guān gōng Lord Guan (i.e. 關羽|关羽[Guan1 Yu3])
西 Guān xī Kansai region, Japan / Guanxi or Kuanhsi town in Hsinchu County 新竹縣|新竹县[Xin1 zhu2 Xian4], northwest Taiwan
 guān shān fortresses and mountains (along the Great Wall) / one's hometown
 guān tíng (of a power plant, refinery etc) to shut down
 guān zi climax (in a story)
 guān ài mountain pass
 guān fáng security measures (esp. border security) / official seal (esp. military seal during Qing and Ming times)
 guān bái to inform / to notify
 guān chǎng to shut down (a factory) / to close a facility / a lockout
 guān chéng defensive fort over border post
 Guān Dǎo Guam
 guān duàn to shut off
 guān gé blocked or painful urination, constipation and vomiting (Chinese medicine)
 guān jǐn to close firmly / to fasten securely / to make fast / to lock
 guān jīn see 關金圓|关金圆[guan1 jin1 yuan2]
 guān jìng customs border
 guān lián variant of 關聯|关联[guan1 lian2]
 Guān miào Guanmiao, a district in Tainan 台南|台南[Tai2 nan2], Taiwan
 guān sài border fort, esp. defending narrow valley
 guān shè to relate (to) / to concern / to involve / connection / relationship
 guān shǒu gatekeeper
 guān shuō to speak for sb / to intercede for sb / to lobby illegally
 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
 guān wén passport / travel papers
 guān xiǎng to receive one's salary / to pay sb's wages
 guān yán to close (a window) completely / to shut (a door) properly / to turn off (a faucet) tightly
 guān zhàn bonded warehouse
 guān zhāng (of a shop) to close down / to go out of business
 guān zhēng customs levy / customs post charging import duties
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 guān jiàn zì keyword
 guān jiàn cí keyword
 guān xì dào relates to / bears upon
 guān jié yán arthritis
 Guān dōng jūn Japanese Kwantung army (or Kantō / army), notorious for numerous atrocities in China during WWII
 Guān Yún cháng courtesy name of 關羽|关羽[Guan1 Yu3]
 Guān dōng zhǔ oden, Japanese dish made with boiled eggs, processed fish cakes, daikon radish, tofu etc in a kelp-based broth
 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
  area of interest
 guān jiàn diǎn critical point
 guān jié miàn articular facet (anatomy) / surface in joint
 guān jié náng articular capsule (of joint such as knee in anatomy)
 guān jié qiāng articular cavity / joint cavity
 guān jié xiāo kingpin
 guān jìn bì to put in detention (a soldier, a pupil)
 guān jīn yuán Chinese customs gold unit, currency used in China between 1930 and 1948
 guān lián cí (grammar) a connective / a conjunction
 Guān lǐng xiàn Guanling Buyei and Hmong autonomous county in Anshun 安順|安顺[An1 shun4], Guizhou
 Guān miào xiāng Kuanmiao township in Tainan county 台南縣|台南县[Tai2 nan2 xian4], Taiwan
 Guān shān zhèn Guanshan or Kuanshan town in Taitung County 臺東縣|台东县[Tai2 dong1 Xian4], southeast Taiwan
 guān xì shì equation expressing a relation (math.)
西 Guān xī zhèn Guanxi or Kuanhsi town in Hsinchu County 新竹縣|新竹县[Xin1 zhu2 Xian4], northwest Taiwan
 Guān Yǐng shān Michelle Kwan (1980-), former American figure skater, Olympic medalist
 guān zhàn fèi bonding fee
 Guān Zhī lín Rosamund Kwan (1962-), Hong Kong actress
 guān zhōng huà Guanzhong
 guān jiàn shí kè key moment / critical time
 guān shuì bì lěi tariff wall
 guān mén dà jí to close down a business for good and put the best face on it (idiom)
  tariff schedule
  keystone species
  key category
  customs officer
  persons of concern to UNHCR / persons of concern
  mission critical
  Relationship Agreement between the United Nations and the International Criminal Court / Relationship Agreement
  key terrain
  Earth care
  critical function
  joint contracture / contracture
 guān bì zhuàng tài lockdown
 Guān Dǎo Dà xué University of Guam
 guān diàn xiē yè to close up shop and cease business temporarily / closed for business
 guān dì wén huà Kuan
 Guān dōng dì zhèn Kantō / earthquake of 1923, magnitude 8.2, that killed 200,000 people in the Tokyo area
怀 guān huái bèi zhì the utmost care (idiom) / to look after sb in every possible way
 guān jiàn shè shī critical facility
 guān lián gōng sī related company / affiliate
 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
 guān mén dì zǐ last disciple of a master
 guān mén zhuō zéi to catch a thief by closing his escape route (idiom)
 guān nǐ pì shì (coll.) None of your goddamn business! / Mind your own business!
 guān shuì gāo fēng tariff peak
 guān shuì guó jìng customs border
 guān shuì shēng jí tariff escalation
 guān shuì tóng méng customs union
 guān shuì xiǎo zǔ Group on Tariffs
 Guān tǎ nà mó Guantanamo
 Guān tǎ nà mó Guantanamo, Cuba
 guān xì mì qiè close relationship / intimately related
 guān xì róng qià social rapport / harmonious relations / sociable
 guān xi yíng xiāo relationship marketing
 Guān zhōng dì qū Guanzhong Plain in Shaanxi
 Guān zhōng píng yuán Guanzhong Plain in Shaanxi
 guān zhù fēi zhōu Focus on Africa
 Guān Mào Zǒng xié dìng GATT, the 1995 General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade
  Focus on the Caribbean
  Committee on Relations
  key informant
  disarticulation / exarticulation
  closed penal institution
  critical path method / critical path analysis / critical path survey
 Guān tǎ nà mó Wān Guantanamo Bay (in Cuba)
 guān xi dài míng cí relative pronoun
西 guān xī diàn shì tái Kansai
 guān xīn fēi zhōu shè Africare
 guān xi shù jù kù relational database management system
  tariff binding
  relational database
  critical natural capital
  Center of Concern
  Crime Concern
  critical path method / critical path analysis / critical path survey
  critical path method / critical path analysis / critical path survey
  key component
 guān jiàn jì xiào zhǐ biāo key performance indicator (KPI)
 guān jiàn shè jì píng shěn critical design review
  Declaration on South Africa
  constitutional discussions
  family-friendly society
  Declaration on the Middle East
  Guahan Indigenous Collective
  Guam Commission on Self-Determination
  Questionnaire on Capital Punishment
  Convention on Asylum
  Guam Economic Development Authority
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 xiāng guān related / relevant / pertinent / to be interrelated / (statistics) correlation
 yǒu guān to have sth to do with / to relate to / related to / to concern / concerning
 jī guān mechanism / gear / machine-operated / office / agency / organ / organization / establishment / institution / body / stratagem / scheme / intrigue / plot / trick / CL:個|个[ge4]
 wú guān unrelated / having nothing to do (with sth else)
 kāi guān power switch / gas valve / to open the city (or frontier) gate / to open and close / to switch on and off
 hǎi guān customs (i.e. border crossing inspection) / CL:個|个[ge4]
 gōng guān public relations
 guò guān to cross a barrier / to get through (an ordeal) / to pass (a test) / to reach (a standard)
 wǎng guān network router / gateway (to Internet or between networks)
 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
 gōng guān to storm a strategic pass / fig. to tackle a key problem
 tōng guān to clear customs / (gaming) to finish (a game, a level, a stage, etc)
 shì guān to concern / on (some topic) / about / concerning / to have importance for
 bào guān to declare at customs
 bǎ guān to guard a pass / to check on sth
 nán guān difficulty / crisis
 chéng guān area outside a city gate
 bì guān to close the passes / to seal off the country / seclusion (monastic practice, e.g. of Chan Buddhists)
 yá guān jaw / mandibular joint
 chuǎng guān to crash through a barrier
 rù guān to enter a pass / to go through customs
 xuán guān entrance hall / vestibule
 nián guān end of the year
 biān guān border station / strategic defensive position on frontier
 Yáng guān Yangguan or Southern Pass on the south Silk Road in Gansu, 70 km south of Dunhuang 敦煌
 yōu guān of great concern
 shuāng guān pun / play on words
 Běi guān Beiguan district of Anyang city 安陽市|安阳市[An1 yang2 shi4], Henan
 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
 Hú guān Huguan county in Changzhi 長治|长治[Chang2 zhi4], Shanxi
 jìn guān inbound customs (international trade)
 kǎ guān to be stuck / to feel stuck
 kòu guān to knock at the gate (old) / to make an approach / to invade / to attack the goal (sports)
 kòu guān variant of 叩關|叩关[kou4 guan1]
 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
 Nán guān Nanguan district of Changchun city 長春市|长春市, Jilin
 Piān guān Pianguan county in Xinzhou 忻州[Xin1 zhou1], Shanxi
 pò guān to solve or overcome (a difficult problem) / to beat (a video game)
 qīng guān customs clearance
 qǔ guān to unfollow (on microblog etc)
 Sháo guān Shaoguan, prefecture-level city in Guangdong
 shuì guān customs house (in ancient times)
 Tóng guān Tongguan County in Weinan 渭南[Wei4 nan2], Shaanxi
退 tuì guān shut-out, container or consigment not carried on the intended vessel or aircraft
 Xià guān Xiaguan district of Nanjing City 南京市 / in Jiangsu 江蘇|江苏
 yàn guān customs inspection (at frontier)
 zuò guān (Buddhism) to sit in contemplation
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 méi guān xi it doesn't matter
 xìng guān xi sexual relations / sexual contact / intercourse
 xiāng guān xìng correlation
 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
 Chéng guān zhèn Chengguan town (common place name)
 guǐ mén guān the gates of hell
 jī guān bào official (government-operated) newspaper
 xī guān jié knee joint
 jī guān qiāng machine gun / also written 機槍|机枪[ji1 qiang1]
 mài guān zi to keep listeners in suspense (in storytelling) / to keep people on tenterhooks
 lā guān xì to seek contact with sb for one's own benefit / to suck up to sb
 Píng xíng guān Pingxing Pass, mountain pass in Shanxi Province
 Jū yōng guān Juyongguan, frontier fortress on Great Wall north of Beijing, in Changping district 昌平區|昌平区[Chang1 ping2 qu1]
 zhǐ guān jié knuckle
 shuāng guān yǔ pun / play on words / a phrase with a double meaning
 Yáng guān Dào same as 陽關大道|阳关大道[Yang2 guan1 Da4 dao4]
  teleconnection
  gatekeeper
 Běi guān qū Beiguan district of Anyang city 安陽市|安阳市[An1 yang2 shi4], Henan
 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
 chuǎng guān zhě person who crashes through a barrier / gate-crasher
 Dà guān xiàn Daguan county in Zhaotong 昭通[Zhao1 tong1], Yunnan
 fù xiāng guān negative correlation
 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)
 Hú guān xiàn Huguan county in Changzhi 長治|长治[Chang2 zhi4], Shanxi
 Jiā yù guān Jiayu Pass in Gansu, at the western terminus of the Great Wall / Jiayuguan prefecture-level city in Gansu
 jī guān chē locomotive
 jī guān pào machine cannon / machine-gun cannon
 kāi guān guǎn switching device / switching tube
 kuān guān jié pelvis / hip joint
 lěng guān bì cold shutdown
 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
 mǎi guān jié to offer a bribe
 mài guān jié to solicit a bribe / to accept a bribe
 Nán guān qū Nanguan district of Changchun city 長春市|长春市, Jilin
 Piān guān xiàn Pianguan county in Xinzhou 忻州[Xin1 zhou1], Shanxi
 rè guān bì hot shutdown
 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]
 Sháo guān shì Shaoguan, prefecture-level city in Guangdong province
 tōng guān jié to facilitate by means of bribery
 Tóng guān Xiàn Tongguan County in Weinan 渭南[Wei4 nan2], Shaanxi
 Xià guān qū Xiaguan district of Nanjing City 南京市 / in Jiangsu 江蘇|江苏
 Xià guān shì Shimonoseki, city in Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan
 yǒu guān lián relate
 yǒu guān lián related to / concerning / to be correlated
 yǒu guān xi to relate to / to be relevant / to have involvement / to have connections
 Yù mén Guān Yumen Pass, or Jade Gate, western frontier post on the Silk Road in the Han Dynasty, west of Dunhuang, in Gansu
 zhèng xiāng guān positive correlation
 zhèn nán guān Lang
 Zhōng guān cūn Zhongguancun neighborhood of Beijing, containing Peking University, famous for electronics shops and bookstores
 zhuǎn guān xi to transfer (from one unit to another)
 zǒng kāi guān main switch
 gōng ān jī guān public security bureau
 rén jì guān xì interpersonal relationship
 xíng zhèng jī guān administrative authority / branch of government
 sī fǎ jī guān judicial authorities
 huǒ bàn guān xi partnership
 zhèng fǔ jī guān government (viewed as an organization) / institutions of government / government office
 xī xī xiāng guān closely bound up (idiom) / intimately related
 dǎng zhèng jī guān (Communist) Party and government organizations
 shè huì guān xì social relation
 Zhōng Rì guān xì Sino-Japanese relations
 gōng gòng guān xì public relations
 wú guān jǐn yào indifferent / insignificant
 guó jì guān xì international relations
 hǎi guān zǒng shǔ General Administration of Customs (GAC)
 liǎng guó guān xì bilateral relations
 fā shēng guān xi to have sexual relations with sb / to have dealings with
 xiāng hù guān xì mutual relations / common interest
 xuè yuán guān xì blood relationship / consanguinity
 nán nu:3 guān xì man-woman connection / intimate relationship
 shēng chǎn guān xì relations between levels of production / socio-economic relations
 mò bù guān xīn not the least bit concerned / completely indifferent
 wài jiāo guān xì foreign relations / diplomatic relations
 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]
 liǎng xìng guān xì gender relations
 zhōng guó hǎi guān Chinese customs (i.e. border police)
 ài mèi guān xì shady relationship / affair / adulterous relationship
 shēng sǐ yōu guān matter of life and death
 Zhōng E2 guān xì Sino-Russian relations
 bì guān suǒ guó to close the passes and seal off the country / to close a country to exclude foreign contact
 xiū qī xiāng guān to share the same interests (idiom) / to be closely related / to be in the same boat
 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
 gǔ guān jié yán osteoarthritis
 bì guān zì shǒu close the country to international intercourse
 lì hài yōu guān to be of vital interest
 méng hùn guò guān to get away with it / to slip through / to bluff one's way out / Taiwan pr. [meng1 hun4 guo4 guan1]
 rén mìng guān tiān human life is beyond value (idiom)
 shēng sǐ guān tóu the critical moment / life and death crisis
 shì bù guān jǐ a matter of no concern to oneself (idiom)
 wú guān tòng yǎng not to affect sb / irrelevant / of no importance / insignificant
 Yáng Guān dà dào (lit.) the road through Yangguan 陽關|阳关[Yang2 guan1] / (fig.) wide open road / bright future
 yǎo dìng yá guān see 咬緊牙關|咬紧牙关[yao3 jin3 ya2 guan1]
 zhòng jī guān qiāng also written 重機槍|重机枪 / heavy machine gun
  related reassignment
  inter(-)related (issues)
  associated fund
  reporting line
  related materials
  gender relations
  peacekeeping gateway
  community relations
  treaty relations
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