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Definitions

  1. 1. to tie
  2. 2. to fasten
  3. 3. to button up

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Words Containing 系

一系列
yī xì liè

a series of

没关系
méi guān xi

it doesn't matter

系列
xì liè

series

系统
xì tǒng

system

联系
lián xì

connection

关系
guān xi

relation

体系
tǐ xì

system

三角关系
sān jiǎo guān xì

triangle relationship; (esp.) a love triangle

不正当关系
bù zhèng dàng guān xì

improper relationship; illicit relationship

世系
shì xì

lineage

并系群
bìng xì qún

paraphyletic group

中俄关系
zhōng é guān xì

Sino-Russian relations

中心埋置关系从句
zhōng xīn mái zhì guān xì cóng jù

center-embedded relative clauses

中日关系
zhōng rì guān xì

Sino-Japanese relations

中枢神经系统
zhōng shū shén jīng xì tǒng

central nervous system, CNS

乱搞男女关系
luàn gǎo nán nǚ guān xì

to be promiscuous

二项式系数
èr xiàng shì xì shù

(math.) binomial coefficient

互相联系
hù xiāng lián xì

mutually related

人际关系
rén jì guān xì

interpersonal relationship

介系词
jiè xì cí

preposition

仙女座星系
xiān nǚ zuò xīng xì

Andromeda galaxy M31

仙女星系
xiān nǚ xīng xì

Andromeda galaxy M31

佛系
fó xì

(neologism c. 2017) (coll.) chill about everything (typically used to describe young people who don't buy into aspirational society)

供油系统
gōng yóu xì tǒng

fuel supply system

系数
xì shù

coefficient

保险解开系统
bǎo xiǎn jiě kāi xì tǒng

arming system

信息系统
xìn xī xì tǒng

information system

传动系统
chuán dòng xì tǒng

transmission system

免疫系统
miǎn yì xì tǒng

immune system

内容管理系统
nèi róng guǎn lǐ xì tǒng

content management system (CMS) (Internet)

全球位置测定系统
quán qiú wèi zhì cè dìng xì tǒng

GPS (Global Positioning System)

全球定位系统
quán qiú dìng wèi xì tǒng

global positioning system (GPS)

全球卫星导航系统
quán qiú wèi xīng dǎo háng xì tǒng

Globalnaya Navigatsionaya Satelinaya Sistema or Global Navigation Satellite System (GLONASS), the Russian equivalent of GPS

两国关系
liǎng guó guān xì

bilateral relations

八大菜系
bā dà cài xì

the eight major cuisines of China, namely 川魯粵蘇浙閩湘徽|川鲁粤苏浙闽湘徽[chuān lǔ yuè sū zhè mǐn xiāng huī]

公共关系
gōng gòng guān xì

public relations

分系统
fēn xì tǒng

subsystem

利害关系
lì hài guān xi

stake

利害关系人
lì hài guān xi rén

interested party

利害关系方
lì hài guān xi fāng

interested party

劲度系数
jìn dù xì shù

coefficient of restitution (in Hooke's law)

动力系统
dòng lì xì tǒng

propulsion system

劳资关系
láo zī guān xì

industrial relations

劳雇关系
láo gù guān xì

relations between labor and employer

化学系
huà xué xì

department of chemistry

北斗卫星导航系统
běi dǒu wèi xīng dǎo háng xì tǒng

BeiDou Navigation Satellite System (BDS) (similar to GPS)

北洋系
běi yáng xì

Beiyang faction of Northern Warlords

印欧语系
yìn ōu yǔ xì

Indo-European family of languages

参照系
cān zhào xì

frame of reference

参考系
cān kǎo xì

frame of reference

友好关系
yǒu hǎo guān xì

good relations

反导系统
fǎn dǎo xì tǒng

anti-missile system

台湾关系法
tái wān guān xì fǎ

Taiwan Relations Act (of US Congress, 1979)

吉尼系数
jí ní xì shù

see 基尼係數|基尼系数[jī ní xì shù]

呼吸系统
hū xī xì tǒng

respiratory system

命名系统
mìng míng xì tǒng

system of nomenclature

品系
pǐn xì

strain (of a species)

严重急性呼吸系统综合症
yán zhòng jí xìng hū xī xì tǒng zōng hé zhèng

severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS)

国家医疗服务体系
guó jiā yī liáo fú wù tǐ xì

National Health Service (UK)

国际关系
guó jì guān xì

international relations

国际关系学院
guó jì guān xì xué yuàn

University of International Relations, Beijing, established in 1949

基尼系数
jī ní xì shù

Gini coefficient (a measure of statistical dispersion)

坚尼系数
jiān ní xì shù

see 基尼係數|基尼系数[jī ní xì shù]

报系
bào xì

newspaper chain

外交关系
wài jiāo guān xì

foreign relations

外交关系理事会
wài jiāo guān xì lǐ shì huì

Council on Foreign Relations (US policy think tank)

外文系
wài wén xì

department of foreign languages

多粒子系统
duō lì zǐ xì tǒng

many particle systems (physics)

大系
dà xì

compendium

太阳微系统公司
tài yáng wēi xì tǒng gōng sī

Sun Microsystems

太阳系
tài yáng xì

solar system

奉系
fèng xì

Fengtian clique (of northern warlords)

奉系军阀
fèng xì jūn fá

Fengtian clique (of northern warlords)

奥陶系
ào táo xì

Ordovician system (geology)

嫡系
dí xì

direct line of descent

子系统
zǐ xì tǒng

subsystem

宙斯盾战斗系统
zhòu sī dùn zhàn dòu xì tǒng

Aegis Combat System (weapons system developed for the US Navy)

密闭式循环再呼吸水肺系统
mì bì shì xún huán zài hū xī shuǐ fèi xì tǒng

closed-circuit rebreather scuba (diving)

专家系统
zhuān jiā xì tǒng

expert system

对外关系
duì wài guān xì

foreign relations

干系
gān xì

responsibility

坐标系
zuò biāo xì

coordinate system (geometry)

建立正式外交关系
jiàn lì zhèng shì wài jiāo guān xì

formally establish diplomatic relations

引信系统
yǐn xìn xì tǒng

fuzing system

循环系统
xún huán xì tǒng

circulatory system

志留系
zhì liú xì

Silurian system (geology)

思想体系
sī xiǎng tǐ xì

system of thought

性关系
xìng guān xi

sexual relations

恒星系
héng xīng xì

stellar system

惯性系
guàn xìng xì

inertial system

拉关系
lā guān xì

to seek contact with sb for one's own benefit

排泄系统
pái xiè xì tǒng

drainage system

操作系统
cāo zuò xì tǒng

operating system

支系
zhī xì

branch or subdivision of a family

支系统
zhī xì tǒng

subsystem

改善关系
gǎi shàn guān xi

to improve relations

政治关系
zhèng zhì guān xì

political relations

新风系统
xīn fēng xì tǒng

ventilation system that purifies outdoor air during intake

旁系
páng xì

collateral relative (descended from a common ancestor but through different lines)

旋涡星系
xuán wō xīng xì

spiral galaxy

日系
rì xì

(attributive) of Japanese origin

星系
xīng xì

see 恆星系|恒星系[héng xīng xì]

星系盘
xīng xì pán

galactic disc

晶系
jīng xì

crystal system

暧昧关系
ài mèi guān xì

shady relationship

有系统
yǒu xì tǒng

systematic

有联系
yǒu lián xì

to be connected

根系
gēn xì

root system

桂系军阀
guì xì jūn fá

Guangxi warlord faction, from 1911-1930

桌面系统
zhuō miàn xì tǒng

desktop system

械系
xiè xì

to arrest and shackle

棒旋星系
bàng xuán xīng xì

barred spiral galaxy

极坐标系
jí zuò biāo xì

system of polar coordinates

武器系统
wǔ qì xì tǒng

weapon system

母系
mǔ xì

maternal

母系社会
mǔ xì shè huì

matrilineality

水系
shuǐ xì

drainage system

没有关系
méi yǒu guān xi

see 沒關係|没关系[méi guān xi]

河外星系
hé wài xīng xì

extragalactic star system

治愈系
zhì yù xì

uplifting; rejuvenating; heartwarming

泌尿系统
mì niào xì tǒng

urinary system

派系
pài xì

sect

海峡两岸关系协会
hǎi xiá liǎng àn guān xi xié huì

PRC Association for Relations Across the Taiwan Straits (ARATS)

消化系统
xiāo huà xì tǒng

digestive system

淋巴系统
lín bā xì tǒng

lymphatic system

汉学系
hàn xué xì

institute of Sinology

汉藏语系
hàn zàng yǔ xì

Sino-Tibetan language family

父系
fù xì

paternal line

特殊关系
tè shū guān xì

special relation

环球定位系统
huán qiú dìng wèi xì tǒng

global positioning system (GPS)

生态系
shēng tài xì

ecosystem

生态系统
shēng tài xì tǒng

ecosystem

生殖系统
shēng zhí xì tǒng

reproductive system

生产关系
shēng chǎn guān xì

relations between levels of production

男女关系
nán nǚ guān xì

man-woman connection

发生关系
fā shēng guān xi

to have sexual relations with sb

皖系战败
wǎn xì zhàn bài

Anhui faction of Northern Warlords (1912-c. 1920), led by Duan Qirui 段祺瑞 with Japanese support

皖系军阀
wǎn xì jūn fá

Anhui faction of Northern Warlords 1911-c.1929

直系军阀
zhí xì jūn fá

the Zhili faction of the Northern Warlords

直系
zhí xì

directly related

直系祖先
zhí xì zǔ xiān

direct ancestor

直系血亲
zhí xì xuè qìng

direct descendant

直系亲属
zhí xì qīn shǔ

next of kin

相互关系
xiāng hù guān xì

interrelationship

石炭系
shí tàn xì

carboniferous system

社会信用体系
shè huì xìn yòng tǐ xì

social credit system, a system that incentivizes individuals and businesses by creating consequences for good and bad behavior

社会关系
shè huì guān xì

social relation

祖系
zǔ xì

ancestry

神经系统
shén jīng xì tǒng

nervous system

科系
kē xì

department

科迪勒拉山系
kē dí lè lā shān xì

Cordillera, series of mountain ranges stretching from Patagonia in South America through to Alaska and Aleutian islands

种系
zhǒng xì

evolutionary line

端系统
duān xì tǒng

end system

等价关系
děng jià guān xì

(math.) equivalence relation

等轴晶系
děng zhóu jīng xì

cubical system (crystallography)

系主任
xì zhǔ rèn

chairman of department

系出名门
xì chū míng mén

to come from a distinguished family

系列放大器
xì liè fàng dà qì

series amplifier

系列片
xì liè piàn

film series

系统性
xì tǒng xìng

systematic

系统角色
xì tǒng jué sè

non-playable character (in a role-playing game)

经济体系
jīng jì tǐ xì

economic system

维系
wéi xì

to maintain

网管系统
wǎng guǎn xì tǒng

network management

网络操作系统
wǎng luò cāo zuò xì tǒng

network operating system

网络管理系统
wǎng luò guǎn lǐ xì tǒng

network management system

网路作业系统
wǎng lù zuò yè xì tǒng

network operating system

线性系统
xiàn xìng xì tǒng

linear system

编码系统
biān mǎ xì tǒng

coding system

系上
jì shang

to tie on

系囚
xì qiú

prisoner

系放
xì fàng

to tag (an animal, for scientific research); to band (a bird)

系泊
jì bó

to moor

置信系数
zhì xìn xì shù

confidence coefficient (math.)

联系人
lián xì rén

contact (person)

联系方式
lián xì fāng shì

contact details

声类系统
shēng lèi xì tǒng

phonetic system

自主神经系统
zì zhǔ shén jīng xì tǒng

autonomic nervous system

自主系统
zì zhǔ xì tǒng

autonomous system

自律神经系统
zì lǜ shén jīng xì tǒng

autonomic nervous system

英语系
yīng yǔ xì

anglophone

菜系
cài xì

(regional) cuisine

血缘关系
xuè yuán guān xì

blood relationship

卫星定位系统
wèi xīng dìng wèi xì tǒng

global positioning system (GPS)

卫星导航系统
wèi xīng dǎo háng xì tǒng

satellite navigation system

裙带关系
qún dài guān xi

favoritism shown to sb because of the influence of the person's wife or other female relative

复杂系统
fù zá xì tǒng

complex system

视空间系统
shì kōng jiān xì tǒng

visuo-spatial sketchpad

亲缘关系
qīn yuán guān xì

phylogenetic relationship

解铃系铃
jiě líng xì líng

see 解鈴還須繫鈴人|解铃还须系铃人[jiě líng hái xū xì líng rén]

解铃还须系铃人
jiě líng hái xū xì líng rén

lit. whoever hung the bell on the tiger's neck must untie it (idiom)

语系
yǔ xì

language family

谱系
pǔ xì

pedigree

宾语关系从句
bīn yǔ guān xì cóng jù

object relative clause

超友谊关系
chāo yǒu yì guān xi

relationship that is more than friendship

软件系统
ruǎn jiàn xì tǒng

software system

输入系统
shū rù xì tǒng

input system

转关系
zhuǎn guān xi

to transfer (from one unit to another)

通讯系统
tōng xùn xì tǒng

communication system

连系
lián xì

to link