关 (guān) means Close (turn off - concern). Below are 24 of the 103 sentences on this site that use it — with pinyin, an English translation and audio. All of them were written by hand; none is machine generated.
Dictionary examples
空调 关 了吗？
Kōngtiáo guān le ma?
Has the air conditioning been turned off?
Dictionary example · HSK 3 · 关
走的时候请 关 门。
Zǒu de shíhou qǐng guān mén.
Please close the door when you leave.
Dictionary example · HSK 3 · 关
这件事跟他无 关 。
Zhè jiàn shì gēn tā wú guān.
This matter has nothing to do with him.
Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 无
这两件事相 关 吗？
Zhè liǎng jiàn shì xiāngguān ma?
Are these two matters related?
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 相关
他对下属很 关 心。
Tā duì xiàshǔ hěn guānxīn.
He cares a great deal about his subordinates.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 下属
这两件事没有 关 系。
Zhè liǎng jiàn shì méiyǒu guānxi.
These two matters are unrelated.
Dictionary example · HSK 3 · 关系
离开的时候请 关 灯。
Líkāi de shíhou qǐng guān dēng.
Please turn off the light when you leave.
Dictionary example · HSK 3 · 离开
关 键是要坚持下去。
Guānjiàn shì yào jiānchí xiàqù.
The key is to keep at it.
Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 关键
这是最 关 键的一步。
Zhè shì zuì guānjiàn de yí bù.
This is the most crucial step.
Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 关键
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From the graded readers
他笑着说：“没 关 系，我也刚到。”
tā xiào zhāo / zhaó / zhe / zhù / zhuó shuō:" méiguānxi, wǒ yě gāng dào."
He smiled and said, "Never mind — I've only just got here myself."
Graded reader · HSK 2 · Late for Work
妈妈笑了：“没 关 系，明天再买吧。”
māma xiào le / liǎo / liào:" méiguānxi, míngtiān zài mǎi bā."
Mum laughed: "Never mind, buy it tomorrow."
Graded reader · HSK 2 · At the Supermarket
我做的事情和我喜欢的事情，一点 关 系都没有。
wǒ zuò de / dì shìqing hé wǒ xǐhuan de / dì shìqing, yīdiǎn guānxi dōu méiyǒu.
What I did had nothing whatever to do with what I cared about.
Graded reader · HSK 4 · Changing Jobs
李老师跟我说：“慢一点儿没 关 系，别停下来。”
lǐ lǎoshī gēn wǒ shuō:" màn yīdiǎn ér méiguānxi, bié tíngxìalái."
Teacher Li said to me, "Slower is fine — just don't stop."
Graded reader · HSK 2 · My Chinese Teacher
From the travel phrasebook
请多 关 照。
Qǐng duō guānzhào.
I look forward to working together.
Travel phrasebook · Meetings and introductions
报 关 谁负责？
Bàoguān shéi fùzé?
Who handles the export declaration?
Travel phrasebook · Shipping and customs
清 关 需要您那边配合。
Qīngguān xūyào nín nàbiān pèihé.
Clearance needs your side to act.
Travel phrasebook · Shipping and customs
From the grammar library
关 appears in 103 sentences on this site; the 24 shortest and most direct are shown. The rest are on the pages they were written for — the graded readers, the phrasebook and the grammar library.
Words that contain 关
Each of these has sentences of its own, so you can see the character doing a different job in each one.
Questions about 关
How is 关 used in a sentence?
This page shows 103 sentences using 关 (guān, "Close (turn off - concern)"), each with pinyin, an English translation and audio. Every one of them was written by hand for this site.
Are these sentences machine generated?
No. They come from the site's own dictionary examples, graded readers, travel phrasebook and grammar library — all written by a person. A word with no sentence gets no page here, rather than a page of invented ones.
Why do some sentences show 关 inside a longer word?
Because that is where a single character usually lives. Seeing 关 inside the words it builds is how the character stops being an isolated symbol and starts being something you can read.
Is 关 an HSK word?
Yes — 关 is on the official HSK 3 vocabulary list, and you can study it with the rest of that list on the HSK 3 page.
Where can I see the full entry for 关?
The dictionary page for 关 has its stroke order, its traditional form, every sense the dictionary lists and a character-by-character breakdown. It is linked at the top of this page.
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