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有关 (yǒu guān) — (verb) to be related to, to have to do with; (preposition) concerning, about

Definition

As a verb, 有关 means 'to be related to / have to do with'; as a preposition, it means 'concerning'. Pairs with the standard 跟/和 construction (这件事跟我有关).

verb
to be related toto have to do with
preposition
concerningabout

Examples

  • 有关。
    Jīn tiān yǒu yǒu guān tiān qì de xīn wén.
    There is news about the weather today.
  • 有关？
    Zhè jiàn shì gēn tā yǒu guān ma?
    Is this matter related to him?
  • 有关。
    Zhè ge wèn tí de dá àn hé wǒ yǒu guān.
    The answer to this question has to do with me.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
动宾dòngbīnVerb + object

An action followed by what it acts on, fused into one word.

有yǒuhave
关guānrelation

有 (have) and 关 (relation) combine: having a relation, so it concerns something.

Characters in this word

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
肉肉ròumeat
Sound part声符shēngfú
又
又yòu有yǒu
Same sound today

The form 有 combines 又, used for its sound, with a shape from 肉, 'meat'; the hand-holding-meat story is a folk explanation, not shown in the oldest shape.

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Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 關; 关 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
門門méndoor
Sound part声符shēngfú
𢇅
𢇅𢇅關guān
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

For 关, the traditional form 關 shows 門 as a door and 𢇅 as two wooden sticks locking it, with ring-like marks on top.

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Grammar

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