关
guān HSK1

to close

关 關 guān
to concern verb
To involve; to have a bearing on; to implicate

我的生活不再关你的事了。

wǒ​de shēng​huó bù​zài guān nǐ de shì le.

My life is no longer your business.

to close verb
To close or shut (a door, window, etc.); to shut down a business

关上所有的门！

guān shang suǒ​yǒu de mén!

Close all the doors!

juncture noun
A critical point; a barrier or difficult stage to overcome; a turning point

我们试试下一关？

wǒ​men shì shi xià yī guān?

Shall we try the next level?

to turn off verb
To turn or switch off (a light, machine, or electronic device)

我把手机关了。

wǒ bǎ shǒu​jī guān le.

I shut my phone off.

to lock up verb
To confine; to lock someone up; to shut someone or something inside a room or cage

他们会把我关进监狱。

tā​men huì bǎ wǒ guān jìn jiān​yù.

They'll put me in prison.

把自己关在厕所里！

bǎ zì​jǐ guān zài cè​suǒ li!

Lock yourself in the bathroom!

customs noun
An agency for inspecting goods and collecting taxes on imports and exports; short for 海关 hǎi​guān
pass noun
A mountain pass; a strategic checkpoint at a border or critical location
Guan
The Chinese surname Guan
[payment]
(bound form) To issue or receive payment; specifically used regarding a salary or soldier's pay
bar
(literary) A door bar or latch
Shanhai Pass
Specifically referring to Shanhai Pass; (by extension) the region beyond Shanhai Pass (e.g., Northeast China)
suburb
The area just outside a city gate; residential area outside a city wall
pulse location
(TCM) the middle pulse point on the wrist (between the cùn and chǐ positions)

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Frequency
Character
Written text
127th most common 1563.1 per million
Movie subtitles
151st most common 1189.0 per million appears in 99% of films
Word
Movie subtitles
178.8 per million appears in 50% of films
Written text
77.7 per million

Details
HSK 2.0
Level 1
HSK 3.0
Level 1
Traditional
關
Strokes
6
Unicode
U+5173

Sources
Frequency data
MTSU Chinese text computingSUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)