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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
xì | xi4
English translation
to connect
to relate to
to tie up
to bind
to be (literary)
to arrest
to worry
system; line, link, connection
Pīnyīn Pronunciation
jì | ji4
English translation
to tie
to fasten
to button up

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Number of strokes

7

Traditional form

Contains the radical

Part of speech

Verb / 动词 dòng cí Dòngcí

Learning hint

thread

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

丿糸

Semantic compound

Explanation

Pictograph of a hand ( yòu ) holding a group of threads () that are connected together ().

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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.

jiē xìn Hòu 马上 mǎshàng 联系 liánxì .

I got in touch with him immediately after I received the letter.

zài 人类 rénlèi 历史 lìshǐ de 部分 bùfen 时期 shíqī Zhōng , 数学 shùxué 物理学 wù lǐ xué 几乎 jīhū 始终 shǐzhōng shì 不可 bù kě 分地 fēn dì 联系 liánxì zài 一起 yīqǐ de .

Throughout most of human history, mathematics and physics have been inseparably joined.

yǎn 或者 huòzhě Cóng 屏幕 píngmù qián Hòu 退 tuì lái 检视 jiǎn shì xià 明暗关系 guānxi .

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hāi , 没什么 méi shén me 关系 guānxi ! 肯定 kěndìng Néng 受得 zhù 这么点儿 xiǎo 意外 yìwài .

O, it is nothing! She must bear these little mishaps.

Words with

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
关系 guānxi relation關係
系统 xìtǒng system系統
联系 liánxì connection聯繫
to connect
没关系 méiguānxi it doesn't matter沒關係
体系 tǐxì system體系
系列 xìliè series系列 xìliè
一系列 yī xì liè a series of一系列 yī xì liè
星系 xīng xì galaxy星系 xīng xì
系数 xì shù factor係數
性关系 xìng guān xi sexual relations性關係
操作系统 cāo zuò xì tǒng operating system操作系統
关系到 guān xì dào relates to關係到
联系人 lián xì rén contact (person)聯繫人
人际关系 rén jì guān xì interpersonal relationship人際關系
信息系统 xìn xī xì tǒng information system信息系統
太阳系 tài yáng xì solar system太陽系
维系 wéi xì to maintain維繫
银河系 Yín hé xì Milky Way Galaxy銀河系
神经系统 shén jīng xì tǒng nervous system神經系統
干系 gān xì responsibility干係
系统性 xì tǒng xìng systematic系統性
生态系统 shēng tài xì tǒng ecosystem生態系統
利害关系 lì hài guān xi stake利害關係
水系 shuǐ xì drainage system水系 shuǐ xì

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Compounds

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    • sūn
      • xùn , sūn , , sūn ,
    • yáo
      • ,
    • xiàn , xuán , dào , yáo , gǔn , , , ,
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