係 (xì)
relation/connection/to be/department (variant of 系)
How 係 is written
- Strokes
- 9
- Radical
- 亻 — human
- Traditional
- 係
- Simplified
- 系
Components
- 亻 human
- ㇒ N/A
- 糸 silk
係 has 2 readings
The pronunciation changes with the meaning, so the reading has to be learned per word.
- xì
- to connect; to relate to; to tie up; to bind
- jì
- to tie; to fasten; to button up
Common words using 係
- 聯係 liánxì
- variant of 聯繫|联系[lian2 xi4]
- 關係 guānxi
- relation; relationship; to concern
- 沒關係 méiguānxi
- it doesn't matter
- 係數 xìshù
- coefficient; factor; modulus
- 外文係 wàiwénxì
- department of foreign languages; modern languages (college department)
- 大係 dàxì
- compendium
- 干係 gānxì
- responsibility
- 性關係 xìngguānxi
- sexual relations; sexual contact; intercourse
- 拉關係 lāguānxì
- to seek contact with sb for one's own benefit; to suck up to sb
- 譜係 pǔxì
- variant of 譜系|谱系[pu3 xi4]
係 in a sentence
我跟他只是普通朋友關係。
Wǒ gēn tā zhǐshì pǔtōng péngyǒu guānxì.
“I only have a casual friendship with him.”
How common is 係?
係 is the 216th most frequent character in written Chinese. Characters up to this rank account for about 57.4% of all running text.
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