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Relationship in Chinese

relationship · HSK 3

关系 guān xì

  1. 关 guān to close
  2. 系 xì system

Counted with 个: 一个关系 yí gè guānxì

我和同事的关系很好。 I get along well with my colleagues.

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Other ways to say relationship

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How do you say relationship in Chinese?

Relationship in Chinese is 关系 (guān xì). You can also say 感情 (gǎn qíng).

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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