Language/Mandarin-chinese/Vocabulary/系(係)-xì-relate-to
Definition[edit | edit source]
The radical of the simplified form of this character is 丝 (絲) sī “silk.” For the traditional character, the radical is 人 rén “person,” which is written 亻when occurring at the left side of a character so as not to get in the way of the component at the right. The colloquial name for this radical is 人字旁 rénzìpáng “side made up of the character 人.”
Examples[edit | edit source]
关系 (關係) guānxi relationship, relevance [N]
中美关系 (中美關係) Zhōngmĕi guānxi U.S.-China relations [PH]
没关系 (沒關係) méi guānxi “it doesn’t matter” [IE]
系 xì department [N] (Note that in the sense of “department,” the simplified and traditional forms are both written 系.)
法文系 Făwén xì Department of French
转系 (轉系) zhuănxì transfer to another department [VO]
Video[edit | edit source]
Sources[edit | edit source]
Book: Intermediate Written Chinese by Cornelius C. Kubler
Other Lessons[edit | edit source]
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- 照 zhào shine; illuminate
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- Chemical elements
- 使 shĭ send; envoy; use
- Days of the Week