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HSK 3.0 Level 3

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Definitions

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

Example Sentences

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Words Containing 系

系列
xì liè

series

自律神经系统
zì lǜ shén jīng xì tǒng

autonomic nervous system

根系
gēn xì

root system

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

GPS (Global Positioning System)

英语系
yīng yǔ xì

anglophone

太阳系
tài yáng xì

solar system

仙女座星系
xiān nǚ zuò xīng xì

Andromeda galaxy M31

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]

消化系统
xiāo huà xì tǒng

digestive system

周期系
zhōu qī xì

periodic system

皖系军阀
wǎn xì jūn fá

Anhui faction of Northern Warlords 1911-c.1929

经济体系
jīng jì tǐ xì

economic system

石炭系
shí tàn xì

carboniferous system

宙斯盾战斗系统
zhòu sī dùn zhàn dòu xì tǒng

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

命名系统
mìng míng xì tǒng

system of nomenclature

多粒子系统
duō lì zǐ xì tǒng

many particle systems (physics)

支系
zhī xì

branch or subdivision of a family

有系统
yǒu xì tǒng

systematic

医学系
yī xué xì

medical school

发生关系
fā shēng guān xi

to have sexual relations with sb

中枢神经系统
zhōng shū shén jīng xì tǒng

central nervous system, CNS

闪含语系
shǎn hán yǔ xì

Hamito-Semitic family of languages (incl. Arabic, Aramaic, Hebrew etc)

相互关系
xiāng hù guān xì

interrelationship

利害关系
lì hài guān xi

stake

保险解开系统
bǎo xiǎn jiě kāi xì tǒng

arming system

转关系
zhuǎn guān xi

to transfer (from one unit to another)

关系网
guān xi wǎng

network of people with whom one has dealings on the basis of \scratch my back and I'll scratch yours\

直系军阀
zhí xì jūn fá

the Zhili faction of the Northern Warlords

日系
rì xì

(attributive) of Japanese origin

志留系
zhì liú xì

Silurian system (geology)

端系统
duān xì tǒng

end system

网管系统
wǎng guǎn xì tǒng

network management

中日关系
zhōng rì guān xì

Sino-Japanese relations

奥陶系
ào táo xì

Ordovician system (geology)

淋巴系统
lín bā xì tǒng

lymphatic system

新风系统
xīn fēng xì tǒng

ventilation system that purifies outdoor air during intake

生态系
shēng tài xì

ecosystem

星系盘
xīng xì pán

galactic disc

吉尼系数
jí ní xì shù

see 基尼係數|基尼系数[jī ní xì shù]

祖系
zǔ xì

ancestry

政治关系
zhèng zhì guān xì

political relations

太阳微系统公司
tài yáng wēi xì tǒng gōng sī

Sun Microsystems

参照系
cān zhào xì

frame of reference

开放式系统
kāi fàng shì xì tǒng

open system(s)

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]

等轴晶系
děng zhóu jīng xì

cubical system (crystallography)

派系
pài xì

sect

联系人
lián xì rén

contact (person)

联系方式
lián xì fāng shì

contact details

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

泌尿系统
mì niào xì tǒng

urinary system

劳资关系
láo zī guān xì

industrial relations

基尼系数
jī ní xì shù

Gini coefficient (a measure of statistical dispersion)

系统性
xì tǒng xìng

systematic

友好关系
yǒu hǎo guān xì

good relations

操作系统
cāo zuò xì tǒng

operating system

子系统
zǐ xì tǒng

subsystem

国家医疗服务体系
guó jiā yī liáo fú wù tǐ xì

National Health Service (UK)

网络操作系统
wǎng luò cāo zuò xì tǒng

network operating system

暧昧关系
ài mèi guān xì

shady relationship

供油系统
gōng yóu xì tǒng

fuel supply system

没关系
méi guān xi

it doesn't matter

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

对外关系
duì wài guān xì

foreign relations

劲度系数
jìn dù xì shù

coefficient of restitution (in Hooke's law)

系上
jì shang

to tie on

连系
lián xì

to link

性关系
xìng guān xi

sexual relations

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

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)

引信系统
yǐn xìn xì tǒng

fuzing system

报系
bào xì

newspaper chain

开放系统
kāi fàng xì tǒng

open 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

分系统
fēn xì tǒng

subsystem

北洋系
běi yáng xì

Beiyang faction of Northern Warlords

系主任
xì zhǔ rèn

chairman of department

网络管理系统
wǎng luò guǎn lǐ xì tǒng

network management system

免疫系统
miǎn yì xì tǒng

immune system

晶系
jīng xì

crystal system

环球定位系统
huán qiú dìng wèi xì tǒng

global positioning system (GPS)

专家系统
zhuān jiā xì tǒng

expert system

坚尼系数
jiān ní xì shù

see 基尼係數|基尼系数[jī ní xì shù]

等价关系
děng jià guān xì

(math.) equivalence relation

体系
tǐ xì

system

卫星导航系统
wèi xīng dǎo háng xì tǒng

satellite navigation system

网路作业系统
wǎng lù zuò yè xì tǒng

network operating system

直系血亲
zhí xì xuè qìng

direct descendant

乱搞男女关系
luàn gǎo nán nǚ guān xì

to be promiscuous

汉学系
hàn xué xì

institute of Sinology

中俄关系
zhōng é guān xì

Sino-Russian relations

关系户
guān xi hù

a connection (sb with whom one has dealings on the basis of \scratch my back and I'll scratch yours\)

金融系统
jīn róng xì tǒng

financial system

两国关系
liǎng guó guān xì

bilateral relations

河外星系
hé wài xīng xì

extragalactic star system

奉系
fèng xì

Fengtian clique (of northern warlords)

呼吸系统
hū xī xì tǒng

respiratory system

科系
kē xì

department

系统
xì tǒng

system

电子学系
diàn zǐ xué xì

department of electronics

直系
zhí xì

directly related

生殖系统
shēng zhí xì tǒng

reproductive system

父系
fù xì

paternal line

生态系统
shēng tài xì tǒng

ecosystem

关系
guān xi

relation

边缘系统
biān yuán xì tǒng

limbic system

系统角色
xì tǒng jué sè

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

开放系统互连
kāi fàng xì tǒng hù lián

open systems interconnection

内容管理系统
nèi róng guǎn lǐ xì tǒng

content management system (CMS) (Internet)

锕系元素
ā xì yuán sù

actinoids (rare earth series), namely: actinium Ac89 錒|锕[ā], thorium Th90 釷|钍[tǔ], protoactinium Pa91 鏷|镤[pú], uranium U92 鈾|铀[yóu], neptunium Ne93 鎿|镎[ná], plutonium Pu94 鈈|钚[bù], americium Am95 鎇|镅[méi], curium Cm96 鋦|锔[jú], berkelium Bk97 錇|锫[péi], californium Cf98 鐦|锎[kāi], einsteinium Es99 鎄|锿[āi], fermium Fm100 鐨|镄[fèi], mendelevium Md101 鍆|钔[mén], nobelium No102 鍩|锘[nuò], lawrencium Lr103 鐒|铹[láo]

线性系统
xiàn xìng xì tǒng

linear system

外交关系理事会
wài jiāo guān xì lǐ shì huì

Council on Foreign Relations (US policy think tank)

直系亲属
zhí xì qīn shǔ

next of kin

直系祖先
zhí xì zǔ xiān

direct ancestor

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

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

有联系
yǒu lián xì

to be connected

宾语关系从句
bīn yǔ guān xì cóng jù

object relative clause

关系式
guān xì shì

equation expressing a relation (math.)

男女关系
nán nǚ guān xì

man-woman connection

血缘关系
xuè yuán guān xì

blood relationship

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

formally establish diplomatic relations

利害关系方
lì hài guān xi fāng

interested party

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

center-embedded relative clauses

坐标系
zuò biāo xì

coordinate system (geometry)

台湾关系法
tái wān guān xì fǎ

Taiwan Relations Act (of US Congress, 1979)

道系
dào xì

(slang, coined c. 2017, contrasted with 佛系[fó xì]) Dao-type, a type of person who has traits associated with a Daoist approach to life, such as being active, optimistic, earthy and forthright

桌面系统
zhuō miàn xì tǒng

desktop system

国际关系
guó jì guān xì

international relations

人际关系
rén jì guān xì

interpersonal relationship

旁系
páng xì

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

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)

镧系元素
lán xì yuán sù

lanthanoid (rare earth series), namely: lanthanum La57 鑭|镧[lán], cerium Ce58 鈰|铈[shì], praseodymium Pr59 鐠|镨[pǔ], neodymium Nd60 釹|钕[nu:3], promethium Pm61 鉕|钷[pǒ], samarium Sm62 釤|钐[shān], europium Eu63 銪|铕[yǒu], gadolinium Gd64 釓|钆[gá], terbium Tb65 鋱|铽[tè], dysprosium Dy66 鏑|镝[dī], holmium Ho67 鈥|钬[huǒ], erbium Er68 鉺|铒[ěr], thulium Tm69 銩|铥[diū], ytterbium Yb70 鐿|镱[yì], lutetium Lu71 鑥|镥[lǔ]

神经系统
shén jīng xì tǒng

nervous system

品系
pǐn xì

strain (of a species)

系列放大器
xì liè fàng dà qì

series amplifier

星系
xīng xì

see 恆星系|恒星系[héng xīng xì]

通讯系统
tōng xùn xì tǒng

communication system

语系
yǔ xì

language family

系领带
jì lǐng dài

to tie one's necktie

卫星定位系统
wèi xīng dìng wèi xì tǒng

global positioning system (GPS)

动力系统
dòng lì xì tǒng

propulsion system

销售时点情报系统
xiāo shòu shí diǎn qíng bào xì tǒng

point of sale system

参考系
cān kǎo xì

frame of reference

生产关系
shēng chǎn guān xì

relations between levels of production

反导系统
fǎn dǎo xì tǒng

anti-missile system

维系
wéi xì

to maintain

关系
guān xì

variant of 關係|关系[guān xì]

水系
shuǐ xì

drainage system

干系
gān xì

responsibility

佛系
fó xì

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

并系群
bìng xì qún

paraphyletic group

种系
zhǒng xì

evolutionary line

惯性系
guàn xìng xì

inertial system

传动系统
chuán dòng xì tǒng

transmission system

母系
mǔ xì

maternal

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

全球定位系统
quán qiú dìng wèi xì tǒng

global positioning system (GPS)

系囚
xì qiú

prisoner

银河系
yín hé xì

Milky Way Galaxy

极坐标系
jí zuò biāo xì

system of polar coordinates

世系
shì xì

lineage

支系统
zhī xì tǒng

subsystem

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)

不正当关系
bù zhèng dàng guān xì

improper relationship; illicit relationship

公共关系
gōng gòng guān xì

public relations

介系词
jiè xì cí

preposition

递推关系
dì tuī guān xì

recurrence relation

自主神经系统
zì zhǔ shén jīng xì tǒng

autonomic nervous system

视空间系统
shì kōng jiān xì tǒng

visuo-spatial sketchpad

二项式系数
èr xiàng shì xì shù

(math.) binomial coefficient

社会关系
shè huì guān xì

social relation

外交关系
wài jiāo guān xì

foreign relations

奉系军阀
fèng xì jūn fá

Fengtian clique (of northern warlords)

联系
lián xì

connection

声类系统
shēng lèi xì tǒng

phonetic system

拉关系
lā guān xì

to seek contact with sb for one's own benefit

外文系
wài wén xì

department of foreign languages

谱系
pǔ xì

pedigree

互相联系
hù xiāng lián xì

mutually related

改善关系
gǎi shàn guān xi

to improve relations

电脑系统
diàn nǎo xì tǒng

computer system

系列片
xì liè piàn

film series

排泄系统
pái xiè xì tǒng

drainage system

母系社会
mǔ xì shè huì

matrilineality

编码系统
biān mǎ xì tǒng

coding system

关系到
guān xì dào

relates to

连系词
lián xì cí

copula (linguistics)

思想体系
sī xiǎng tǐ xì

system of thought

系出名门
xì chū míng mén

to come from a distinguished family

菜系
cài xì

(regional) cuisine

自主系统
zì zhǔ xì tǒng

autonomous system

棒旋星系
bàng xuán xīng xì

barred spiral galaxy

循环系统
xún huán xì tǒng

circulatory system

印欧语系
yìn ōu yǔ xì

Indo-European family of languages

预警系统
yù jǐng xì tǒng

early warning system

一系列
yī xì liè

a series of

没有关系
méi yǒu guān xi

see 沒關係|没关系[méi guān xi]

输入系统
shū rù xì tǒng

input system

亲缘关系
qīn yuán guān xì

phylogenetic relationship

武器系统
wǔ qì xì tǒng

weapon system

复杂系统
fù zá xì tǒng

complex system

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)

系数
xì shù

coefficient

汉藏语系
hàn zàng yǔ xì

Sino-Tibetan language family

械系
xiè xì

to arrest and shackle

国际关系学院
guó jì guān xì xué yuàn

University of International Relations, Beijing, established in 1949

治愈系
zhì yù xì

uplifting; rejuvenating; heartwarming

三角关系
sān jiǎo guān xì

triangle relationship; (esp.) a love triangle

置信系数
zhì xìn xì shù

confidence coefficient (math.)

嫡系
dí xì

direct line of descent

大系
dà xì

compendium

特殊关系
tè shū guān xì

special relation

系泊
jì bó

to moor

信息系统
xìn xī xì tǒng

information system

利害关系人
lì hài guān xi rén

interested party

体育系
tǐ yù xì

Physical Education department

化学系
huà xué xì

department of chemistry

旋涡星系
xuán wō xīng xì

spiral galaxy

恒星系
héng xīng xì

stellar system

仙女星系
xiān nǚ xīng xì

Andromeda galaxy M31

系放
xì fàng

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

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

关系代名词
guān xi dài míng cí

relative pronoun

桂系军阀
guì xì jūn fá

Guangxi warlord faction, from 1911-1930

劳雇关系
láo gù guān xì

relations between labor and employer