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系
係
xì
1. to connect
2. to relate to
3. to tie up
4. to bind
5. to be (literary)
HSK 5 Very Common • Top 0% ✏️ 7 strokes

Character Breakdown (Single character)

系
xì
system; line, link, connection
HSK 1 7 丶

Compound Words (20)

直系
zhíxì
directly related
晶系
jīngxì
crystal system
体系
tǐxì
system
HSK 6
父系
fùxì
paternal line
根系
gēnxì
root system
干系
gānxì
responsibility
谱系
pǔxì
variant of [[譜系|谱系<pǔxì>]]
关系
guānxi
variant of [[關係|关系<guānxi>]]
HSK 3
嫡系
díxì
direct line of descent
祖系
zǔxì
ancestry
派系
pàixì
sect
种系
zhǒngxì
evolutionary line
奉系
Fèngxì
Fengtian clique (of northern warlords)
维系
wéixì
to maintain
水系
shuǐxì
drainage system
语系
yǔxì
language family
谱系
pǔxì
pedigree
关系
guānxi
relation
HSK 3
母系
mǔxì
maternal
报系
bàoxì
newspaper chain

Alternate Entries

系
xì
system / department / faculty
HSK 5
系
jì
to tie / to fasten / to button up
HSK 5
系
xì
to connect / to arrest / to worry
HSK 5

Metadata

Category
Chinese
HSK Character Level
1
Character Frequency Rank
215
Word Frequency Rank
211 of 84,292