系 meaning and pronunciation

Simplified/traditional character

系 English definition

  • to connect
  • to relate to
  • to fasten
  • to tie up
  • to bind
  • to be (literary)

HSK levels


Characters with the same pronunciation

  • : system
  • : cover' or 'conceal' radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 23); see also 匚[fang1];
  • : to rest;
  • : trick; drama; play; show; CL:出[chu1],場|场[chang3],臺|台[tai2];
  • : play
  • : name of a river;
  • : saline land; salt marsh;
  • : to glare at;
  • : semi-annual ceremony of purification;
  • : system
  • : thin or slender; finely particulate; thin and soft; fine; delicate; trifling; (of a sound) quiet; frugal;
  • : coarse hempen fabric;
  • : giggle; scatter;
  • : shoe; slipper;
  • : terrified;
  • : sad (old);
  • : shame; disgrace;
  • : red; scarlet;
  • : place name;
  • : (arch.) metal horn attached as shield to horse or to the axle of a chariot;
  • : silicon;
  • : to engrave or carve, as a block for printing;
  • : to argue; to quarrel;
  • : crack; crevice; gap or interval; loophole; discord; rift;
  • : grain ration; sacrificial victim;

Sentences examples with 系

  • 没关系,你睡觉!
    Méiguānxì, nǐ shuìjiào!
  • 这件事,跟我没关系。
    Zhè jiàn shì, gēn wǒ méiguānxì.
  • 这件事和她没有关系。
    Zhè jiàn shì hé tā méiyǒu guānxì.
  • 我跟邻居们的关系非常好。
    Wǒ gēn línjūmen de guānxì fēicháng hǎo.
  • 你和大学同学还有联系吗?
    Nǐ hé dàxué tóngxué hái yǒu liánxì ma?

Words containing 系, by HSK level