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Guān
1. surname Guan
HSK 3 Very Common • Top 0% Noun

Character Breakdown (Single character)

关
guān
frontier pass; to close, to shut; relation
HSK 1 6 丶

Compound Words (20)

关公
Guāngōng
Lord Guan (i.e. [[關羽|关羽<GuānYǔ>]])
关心
guānxīn
to care for sth
HSK 3
开关
kāiguān
power switch
关停
guāntíng
(of a power plant, refinery etc) to shut down
关山
Guānshān
Guanshan or Kuanshan town in Taitung county [[臺東縣|台东县<Táidōngxiàn>]], southeast Taiwan
关征
guānzhēng
customs levy
边关
biānguān
border station
闭关
bìguān
to close the passes
关中
Guānzhōng
Guanzhong plain in Shaanxi, valley of the Wei River [[渭河]]
关系
guānxi
relation
HSK 3
关城
guānchéng
defensive fort over border post
关子
guānzi
climax (in a story)
关岛
GuānDǎo
Guam
关厂
guānchǎng
to shut down (a factory)
通关
tōngguān
to clear customs
过关
guòguān
to cross a barrier
扣关
kòuguān
variant of [[叩關|叩关<kòuguān>]]
把关
bǎguān
to guard a pass
HSK 6
闯关
chuǎngguān
to crash through a barrier
关上
guānshàng
to close (a door)

Alternate Entries

关
guān
mountain pass / to close / to shut / to turn off / to concern / to involve
HSK 3

Metadata

Category
Chinese
HSK Character Level
1
Character Frequency Rank
126
Word Frequency Rank
180 of 84,292

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