关
Meaning
- mountain pass
- to close; to shut; to turn off
- to confine; to lock (sb) up; to shut (sb in a room, a bird in a cage etc)
Example sentence
灯已关了。
The lights are out.
The character 关
关 is the simplification of 關, which drew the bar laid across a gate. To shut — 关门, 关上, 关机 to switch a device off — and, from what a barrier joins, 关系 a relationship, 关心 to care about, 海关 the customs post.
Words containing 关
- 关上 guān shàng to close (a door)
- 没关系 méi guān xi it doesn't matter
- 关机 guān jī to turn off (a machine or device)
- 关心 guān xīn to be concerned about; to care about
- 关系 guān xi relation
- 关注 guān zhù to pay attention to; to follow sth closely; to follow (on social media)
- 海关 hǎi guān customs (i.e. border crossing inspection)
- 相关 xiāng guān related
- 关闭 guān bì to close; to shut (a window etc)
- 关于 guān yú pertaining to