Relation in Chinese
relation · HSK 3
关系
- 关 to close
- 系 system
Counted with 个: 一个关系
我和同事的关系很好。 I get along well with my colleagues.
Other ways to say relation
More words with 关 or 系
How do you say relation in Chinese?
Relation in Chinese is 关系 (guān xì). You can also say 亲戚 (qīn qi), 联系 (lián xì).
Which word should I use?
Start with the first one: it is the easiest on the HSK list. The others say it too, often in a more formal way or for a narrower sense; each one’s page has real sentences that show how it is used.
Where do these words come from?
The CC-CEDICT dictionary’s meanings for the official HSK word list. A word is shown for an English word when that is one of its first meanings; the easiest word whose first meaning it is comes first.
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Meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Chinese often has more than one way to say a word.