How to pronounce guanxi

guanxi (connections) is 关系 in Chinese, written guānxì in pinyin and said gwahn-shee.

关系 guānxì

gwahn-shee

Sound by sound

X is said like the sh in “she”, with the tongue behind the bottom teeth. Never “z” or “ks”.

guanxi (connections) is 关系 in Chinese, written guānxì in pinyin and said gwahn-shee.

guān: first tone, high and level; xì: fourth tone, falling sharply.

X is said like the sh in “she”, with the tongue behind the bottom teeth. Never “z” or “ks”.

Voices recorded for our word cards. A spelling such as “shyow-mee” is the nearest English sound, not the sound itself: hear the voices.