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Guān

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Guān Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
Guān | Guan1
English translation
surname Guan
mountain pass
to close
to shut
to turn off
to concern
to involve
frontier pass; to close, to shut; relation

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About Guān

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Number of strokes

6

Traditional form

guān

Contains the radical

ha

Part of speech

Verb / 动词 dòng cí Dòngcí

Etymology of Guān

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Positional decomposition

丷天

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. mén represents the meaning and 𢇇 represents the sound. The simplified character Guān was adapted from the cursive form of the traditional character guān . The traditional component mén was removed for simplification.

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Example sentences using Guān

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关掉 guān diào le 煤气 méi qì , gòu 机灵 jīling de .

She was intelligent enough to turn off the gas.

Bié de 牙关 yá guān 咬得那么 nà me jǐn ,连上下颚 xià è dōu téng le .

Bigger's teeth clamped so tight that his jaws ached.

shì de , 明白 míngbai zhè gēn fēn ròu yǒu 什么 shénme 关系 guānxi ?

Yes, but I still don't get the tie - up with the meat.

中微子实 zǐ shí yàn 已经 yǐjīng gěi le 我们 wǒmen 许多 xǔduō 关于 guānyú kuā 性质 xìngzhì de 知识 zhīshi .

Neutrino experiments have yielded much of our information on the properties of quarks.

pēng de 一声 yī shēng Guān 上门 shàng mén ,插销 chā xiāo shuān hǎo .

He slammed the door and drove the bolt home.

Words with Guān

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
关系 guānxi relation關係
关于 guānyú pertaining to關於
有关 yǒu guān to relate to有關
关注 guān zhù to pay attention to關注
Guān to close guān
相关 xiāngguān related相關
关心 guānxīn to care about關心
没关系 méiguānxi it doesn't matter沒關係
关键 guānjiàn crux關鍵
机关 jī guān gear機關
无关 wú guān unrelated無關
关闭 guānbì to close關閉
关掉 guān diào to switch off關掉
关联 guān lián related關聯
关门 guān mén to close a door關門
关上 guān shàng to close (a door)關上
关节 guān jié key point關節
公安机关 gōng ān jī guān public security bureau公安機關
关怀 guānhuái care關懷
无关紧要 wú guān jǐn yào indifferent無關緊要
开关 kāi guān power switch開關
海关 hǎiguān customs (i.e. border crossing inspection)海關
至关重要 zhì guān zhòng yào vital至關重要
关爱 guān aì to show concern and care for關愛
公关 gōngguān public relations公關

Guān Decomposition & Compounds

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Guān Decomposition

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Guān Compounds

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  • Guān
    • sòng
      • xx ,
    • juǎn
      • juān , juàn , quán , quǎn , quán , quān , quán , juǎn , quán , , , , , , , , , quǎn , , , , ,
    • quán
    • Zhèng
    • juàn
      • ,
    • téng
      • téng ,
    • juǎn
      • quān , juǎn
    • téng
    • juàn
    • téng
    • juàn
    • téng
    • juàn
      • yìng , yàng , , , yǎng , ,
    • juàn
      • , , lèi
    • lián , téng , quàn , zhèn , , huàn , guān , chéng , quān , zhèn , téng , shèng , juàn , xiǎng , dài , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,
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