关
guān
mountain pass
surname Guan; to close; to shut; to turn off; to confine; to lock (sb) up; to shut (sb in a room, a bird in a cage etc); to concern; to involve
two hands (丷) pulling shut the sky (天) = close, shut, confine
天 (sky/heaven) sits below 丷, which evokes two hands pulling a bar down across a gate — closing off the heavens above a mountain pass. The imagery of sealing something shut gives 关 its core sense of closing and confinement.
你出去后，请把门关上。
nǐ chū qù hòu , qǐng bǎ mén guān shàng 。
after you go out, please close the door.
这件事关系到每个人的生活。
zhè jiàn shì guān xì dào měi gè rén de shēng huó 。
this matter concerns the life of every person.
Words with 关
关厂
guān chǎng
to shut down (a factory)
过关斩将
guò guān zhǎn jiàng
to surmount all difficulties (on the way to success) (idiom) (abbr. for 過五關斬六將|过五关斩六将[guo4 wu3 guan1 zhan3 liu4 jiang4])
国际关系学院
guó jì guān xì xué yuàn
University of International Relations, Beijing, established in 1949
关切
guān qiè
to be deeply concerned
闭关锁国
bì guān suǒ guó
to close the passes and seal off the country
暧昧关系
ài mèi guān xì
shady relationship
关乎
guān hū
to relate to
关系网
guān xi wǎng
network of people with whom one has dealings on the basis of "scratch my back and I'll scratch yours"
嘉峪关
jiā yù guān
see 嘉峪關市|嘉峪关市[Jia1 yu4 guan1 Shi4]
关系
guān xi
relation
机关
jī guān
mechanism; gear
报关
bào guān
to declare at customs