= xi + Ø4
to connect / to relate to / to tie up / to bind / to be (literary)
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= xi + Ø4
system / department / faculty
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= ji + Ø4
to tie / to fasten / to button up
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= xi + Ø4
to connect / to arrest / to worry
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How to pronounce 系

MandarinBanana teaches pronunciation with the Marilyn Method: every Pinyin syllable is one initial plus one final, the initial becomes a person, an animal or a deity, and the final becomes a place in your memory palace — with the tone deciding which part of that place the scene happens in. Remember the little story below for each half and the whole syllable comes back with them.

= ji initial

Ji is for Joan of Arc.

By Matthias • updated 6 months ago
+ Ø4 final

In the space station’s bathroom.

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= xi initial

Xi is for Xi Shi (西施), one of the renowned Four Beauties of ancient China.

By Matthias • updated 5 months ago
+ Ø4 final

In the space station’s bathroom.

By Matthias • updated 2 months ago

系 character breakdown

Chinese characters are built out of smaller characters. Each component carries a mnemonic symbol - one concrete object that stands in for it - and a mnemonic story hands those objects to the person and the place that stand for the pronunciation. Learn a component once and every character that reuses it gets easier.

Component Translations
丿
piě = pi + e3
radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 4) / see 撇[pie3]
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= mi + Ø4
fine silk / Kangxi radical 120
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Characters with 系 as component

sūn = su + (e)n1
grandson / descendant
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xiàn = xi + an4
county
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= xi + Ø4
to connect / to relate to / to tie up / to bind / to be (literary)
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Words with 系

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variant of 關係|关系[guan1 xi5]
relation / relationship / to concern / to affect / to have to do with / guanxi / CL:個|个[ge4]
variant of 聯繫|联系[lian2 xi4]

Sentences with 系

系 currently does not appear in any sentence.

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