繫 (hai6 | xi4 ji4) : tie; button up; relate to; be concerned

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繫

hai6

xi4 ji4

[粵] hai6 | [國] xi4
[1] tie; connect; fasten; bind up
[2] relate to; bear on; depend on
[3] be concerned; miss; bind to

[粵] hai6 | [國] ji4
button up; wear; knot

系 is a traditional character as well as the simplified form for both 繫 and 係.

Stroke count: 19

Level: 2

Radical: 糸 (#120)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

繫 / 系

Don't confuse with:
繁

This word has been viewed 4758 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 11th Mar 2012 14:49

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聯繫 lyun4 hai6 lian2 xi4 = connection, link

維繫 wai4 hai6 = to hold together

沒有聯繫 mut6 jau5 lyun4 hai6 mei2 you3 lian2 xi4 = to be unrelated 國

繫纜樁 hai6 laam6 zong1 ji4 lan3 zhuang1 = bollard

有聯繫 jau5 lyun4 hai6 you3 lian2 xi4 = to be connected; to be related

保持聯繫 bou2 ci4 lyun4 hai6 bao3 chi2 lian2 xi4 = to contact (in order to maintain a relation)

聯繫人 lyun4 hai6 jan4 lian2 xi4 ren2 = a contact; contacts

解鈴還須繫鈴人 gaai2 ling4 waan4 seoi1 hai6 ling4 jan4 jie3 ling2 huan2 xu1 xi4 ling2 ren2 = the only one who can fix the problem is the one who created the problem

Showing 1 example containing 繫

我手機嘅聯繫人列表中有超過200個名。粵
The contact list in my mobile phone has more than two hundred entries.

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國 : This term is used in Mandarin/Standard written Chinese, not Cantonese.
粵 : This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.
No icon: This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

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Decimal representation of this word: 繫
Unicode code for this character: U+7e6b (off-site link)

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