关系 (guān xì) — (noun) relationship, connection; (noun) guanxi, personal networks (social capital); (verb) to concern, to affect, to have to do with
Definition
关系 covers two distinct ideas: the everyday "relationship" (between people, groups, things), and the cultural "guanxi" — personal networks that help get things done. The verb sense "to concern" is fixed in the pattern 关系到.
noun
relationshipconnectionguanxipersonal networks (social capital)
verb
to concernto affectto have to do with
Measure word · 个
Examples
- 关系。Tā men liǎng gè rén zhī jiān de guān xì hěn hǎo.The relationship between the two of them is very good.
- 关系，。Tā de guān xì hěn duō, néng bāng tā zhǎo dào gōng zuò.He has a lot of guanxi, which can help him find a job.
- 关系。Zhè ge wèn tí guān xì dào měi gè rén de lì yì.This problem concerns everyone's interests.
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