关键 (guānjiàn) means Key point (core - crucial). Below are 4 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
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
这是整个流程中最 关键 的环节。
Zhè shì zhěnggè liúchéng zhōng zuì guānjiàn de huánjié.
This is the most crucial link in the whole process.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 环节
关键 时刻的果断挽救了整个项目。
Guānjiàn shíkè de guǒduàn wǎnjiù le zhěnggè xiàngmù.
Decisiveness at the critical moment saved the whole project.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 果断
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Questions about 关键
How is 关键 used in a sentence?
This page shows 4 sentences using 关键 (guānjiàn, "Key point (core - crucial)"), 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.
Is 关键 an HSK word?
Yes — 关键 is on the official HSK 4 vocabulary list, and you can study it with the rest of that list on the HSK 4 page.
Where can I see the full entry for 关键?
The dictionary page for 关键 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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