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HSK
to close (a door) / to turn off (light, electrical equipment etc)
HSK 1
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *关* | 关* | *关
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) / to concern; to involve
HSK 1
it doesn't matter
HSK 1
to turn off (a machine or device) / to finish shooting a film
HSK 2
to be concerned about; to care about
HSK 2
relation / relationship / to concern / to affect / to have to do with / guanxi / CL: 個|个
HSK 3
to pay attention to; to follow sth closely; to follow (on social media) / concern; interest; attention
HSK 3
variant of 關係|关系
HSK 3
related / relevant / pertinent / to be interrelated / (statistics) correlation
HSK 3
customs (i.e. border crossing inspection) / CL: 個|个
HSK 3
pertaining to / concerning / with regard to / about / a matter of
HSK 4
to close; to shut (a window etc) / (of a shop, school etc) to shut down
HSK 4
crucial point / crux / CL: 個|个 / key / crucial / pivotal
HSK 5
care / solicitude / to show care for / concerned about / attentive to
HSK 5
to have sth to do with / to relate to / related to / to concern / concerning
HSK 6
to be related; to be connected / relationship; connection
HSK 6
mechanism; gear / machine-operated / office; agency; organ; organization; establishment; institution; body / stratagem; scheme; intrigue; plot; trick / CL: 個|个
HSK 6
power switch / gas valve / to open the city (or frontier) gate / to open and close / to switch on and off
HSK 6
to show concern and care for
HSK 6
unrelated / having nothing to do (with sth else)
HSK 6
joint (physiology) / key point / critical phase
HSK 7-9
public relations
HSK 7-9
to guard a pass / to check on sth
HSK 7-9
customs duty / tariff
HSK 7-9
indifferent / insignificant
HSK 7-9
to storm a strategic pass / fig. to tackle a key problem
HSK 7-9
difficulty / crisis
HSK 7-9
juncture / moment
HSK 7-9
to take care / to keep an eye on / to look after / to tell / to remind
HSK 7-9
to switch off; to shut off
HSK 7-9
closely bound up (idiom); intimately related
HSK 7-9
extremely important / vital / crucial / essential
HSK 7-9
to cross a barrier / to get through (an ordeal) / to pass (a test) / to reach (a standard)
HSK 7-9
financial organization
lit. shut the door and beat the dog (idiom) / fig. seal off the enemy's avenue of retreat, then strike hard
Chinese customs gold unit, currency used in China between 1930 and 1948
social care
to close down a business for good and put the best face on it (idiom)
checkpoint (for taxation, security etc) / barrier / hurdle / red tape / CL: 個|个,
to close up shop and cease business temporarily / closed for business
Guantanamo, Cuba
foreign relations
articular cavity / joint cavity
Hangu Pass in modern day Henan Province, strategic pass forming the eastern gate of the Qin State during the Warring States Period (770-221 BC)
network router / gateway (to Internet or between networks)
man-woman connection / intimate relationship
to meet with great difficulties but pull through
Pianguan county in Xinzhou 忻州, Shanxi
judicial authorities
to relate to / concerning / about
lit. to wield the broadsword in the presence of Lord Guan (idiom) / fig. to make a fool of oneself by showing off in front of an expert
Sino-Japanese relations
passport
microswitch
security measures (esp. border security) / official seal (esp. military seal during Qing and Ming times)
Guanzhong Plain in Shaanxi
to clear customs / (gaming) to finish (a game, a level, a stage, etc)
Yangguan or Southern Pass on the south Silk Road in Gansu, 70 km south of Dunhuang 敦煌
customs clearance
the implications are profound / the ramifications are huge / (of a decision etc) consequential
(of a power plant, refinery etc) to shut down
to close a door / to lock a door / (of a shop etc) to close (for the night or permanently)
relative pronoun
Shanhai Pass in Hebei, at the eastern terminus of the Ming dynasty Great Wall / Shanhaiguan district of Qinhuangdao city 秦皇島市|秦皇岛市, Hebei
Kansai region, Japan / Guanxi or Kuanhsi town in Hsinchu County 新竹縣|新竹县, northwest Taiwan
Lord Guan (i.e. 關羽|关羽)
Guam
to share the same interests (idiom) / to be closely related / to be in the same boat
the press / the media
border station / strategic defensive position on frontier
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *关* | 关* | *关
surname Guan
pun / play on words
to declare at customs
(idiom) one man guarding the pass can prevent the passage of ten thousand
to enter a pass / to go through customs
not the least bit concerned / completely indifferent
entrance hall; vestibule
the gates of hell
Maguan county in Wenshan Zhuang and Miao autonomous prefecture 文山壯族苗族自治州|文山壮族苗族自治州, Yunnan
Yumen Pass, or Jade Gate, western frontier post on the Silk Road in the Han Dynasty, west of Dunhuang, in Gansu
(idiom) to grit one's teeth tightly / (idiom) (fig.) to endure pain or suffering; to bite the bullet
(idiom) to not affect sb; irrelevant; of no importance; insignificant
to feel unconcerned and let matters rest (idiom)
beyond the pass, i.e. the region north and east of Shanhai Pass 山海關|山海关 or the region west of Jiayu Pass 嘉峪關|嘉峪关 or both
Maguan county in Wenshan Zhuang and Miao autonomous prefecture 文山壯族苗族自治州|文山壮族苗族自治州, Yunnan
machine gun / also written 機槍|机枪
Daguan county in Zhaotong 昭通, Yunnan
Nanguan district of Changchun city 長春市|长春市, Jilin
to be deeply concerned / to be troubled (by)
strategic pass / barrier or mark (i.e. a level considered impressive, usually a round figure such as 10,000) / instrument of torture used to break limbs
Tongguan County in Weinan 渭南, Shaanxi
to close firmly / to fasten securely / to make fast / to lock
jaw / mandibular joint
to shut down (a factory) / to close a facility / a lockout
Pingxing Pass, mountain pass in Shanxi Province
to close the passes / to seal off the country / seclusion (monastic practice, e.g. of Chan Buddhists)
the region inside the major mountain passes of ancient China
climax (in a story)
Huguan county in Changzhi 長治|长治, Shanxi

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