Chinese dictionary
- 1
v.close; shut
请把门关上。
Please shut the door.
这窗关不上。
The window won't shut.
把鸡关在栅栏里。
Shut the chickens in a pen.
关抽屉
shut a drawer
- 2
v.turn off; switch off
关电视
turn off the television
关灯
turn off the light
关机
switch off the machine
请把收音机关小一点儿好吗?
Would you please turn the radio down?
- 3
v.concern; involve; implicate
关心
concern
关照
look after
无关大局
not affect the general situation
- 4
n.crux; critical/crucial juncture; key/turning point
关节
joint
关键
key
关头
(critical) juncture
- 5
n.mountain pass; guarded passage; pass; check point
海关
customs
关税
tariff
报关
declare at customs
- 6
v.shut in/away; lock in/away/up; bar
将某人关在门外
shut out somebody
将自己关在书房
lock oneself in his study
关进监狱
put behind bars
鸟关在笼子里。
The bird is shut up in the cage.
antonym
- 7
v.close down; shut down
他们决定把那分公司关了。
They have decided to close that branch down.
那家工厂早关了。
That factory has been shut for a long time now.
镇上关了好几家商店。
Quite a few shops in the town closed down.
- 8
n.hard/difficult time; difficulty; barrier
难关
difficulty
突破这一关。
Get over this difficulty.
- 9
v.datedissue or receive payment
关饷
get paid
- 10
n.Guan, a surname
Words and phrases with 关
- 关机[word]unplug an electrical device; finish shooting of a film
- 关键[word]door bar; key
- 关长[word]director general of the customs
- 关节[word]joint; key link/point
- 关内[word]area in China to the west of the Shanhai Pass and to the east of the Jiayu Pass
- 关税[word]customs
- 关隘[word]pass
- 关连[word]correlate
- 关节囊[word]capsula articularis
- 关门打狗[idiom]shut the door and beat the dog
- 关心民瘼[idiom]look after the suffering of the people
- 关门捉贼[idiom]catch the thief by closing his escape route
- 关怀备至[idiom]show the utmost solicitude
- 关税壁垒[idiom]tariff wall
- 关门大吉[idiom]close down for good
- 关门落闩[idiom]close the door and bolt it
- 关山迢递[idiom]a long journey
- 关门闭户[idiom]close the door