關係

关系
guānxì
  1. (countable, databases) relation
  2. (countable, uncountable) cause; reason (for something happening) (Classifier: 個／个 m)
  3. (countable, uncountable) influence; effect; impact (Classifier: 個／个 m)
  4. (countable, uncountable) relation; relationship; connection; tie (Classifier: 個／个; 段)
  5. (uncountable) connections (people with whom one is acquainted who can offer help and influence); guanxi (specifically in Chinese culture, a combination of business and personal relationships whereby parties enhance their ability to do business by building a bond with personal favors)
  6. (uncountable, euphemistic) sexual relations
  7. cause; reason (for something happening) (Classifier: 個／个 m)
  8. connections (people with whom one is acquainted who can offer help and influence); guanxi (specifically in Chinese culture, a combination of business and personal relationships whereby parties enhance their ability to do business by building a bond with personal favors)
  9. influence; effect; impact (Classifier: 個／个 m)
  10. relation
  11. relation; relationship; connection; tie (Classifier: 個／个; 段)
  12. sexual relations
  13. to involve; to relate (to); to concern

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關係 guānxi
  1. relation
  2. relationship
  3. to concern
  4. to affect
  5. to have to do with
  6. guanxi

classifier: 個
關系 guānxi variant of 關係 guānxi

Examples

不只是钱关系重大。

Money isn't the only thing that matters.

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我和朋友關係很好。

I have a good relationship with my friends.

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我們的關係非常好。

We had a great relationship.

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他们的关系有些暧昧。

Their relationship is dubious.

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汤姆和玛丽关系很好。

Tom and Mary have a very good relationship.

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Entry Composition

=1 關 Guān surname Guan
=1 關 guān
  1. mountain pass
  2. to close; to shut; to turn off
  3. to confine; to lock (sb) up; to shut (sb in a room, a bird in a cage etc)
  4. to concern; to involve
2 係 xì
  1. to connect
  2. to relate to
  3. to tie up
  4. to bind
  5. to be (literary)

Containing this entry

台灣關係法 Táiwān Guānxìfǎ Taiwan Relations Act (of US Congress, 1979)
海峽兩岸關係協會 Hǎixiá Liǎngàn Guānxi Xiéhuì PRC Association for Relations Across the Taiwan Straits (ARATS)
關係企業 guānxìqǐyè
親屬關係 qīnshǔguānxi
勞資關係 láozīguānxi
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