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系
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Definitions
- 1. to tie
- 2. to fasten
- 3. to button up
Example Sentences
1 shown联 系 我。
Sentence data courtesy of Tatoeba.org.
Words Containing 系
series
autonomic nervous system
root system
GPS (Global Positioning System)
anglophone
solar system
Andromeda galaxy M31
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]
digestive system
periodic system
Anhui faction of Northern Warlords 1911-c.1929
economic system
carboniferous system
Aegis Combat System (weapons system developed for the US Navy)
system of nomenclature
many particle systems (physics)
branch or subdivision of a family
systematic
medical school
to have sexual relations with sb
central nervous system, CNS
Hamito-Semitic family of languages (incl. Arabic, Aramaic, Hebrew etc)
interrelationship
stake
arming system
to transfer (from one unit to another)
network of people with whom one has dealings on the basis of \scratch my back and I'll scratch yours\
the Zhili faction of the Northern Warlords
(attributive) of Japanese origin
Silurian system (geology)
end system
network management
Sino-Japanese relations
Ordovician system (geology)
lymphatic system
ventilation system that purifies outdoor air during intake
ecosystem
galactic disc
see 基尼係數|基尼系数[jī ní xì shù]
ancestry
political relations
Sun Microsystems
frame of reference
open system(s)
see 解鈴還須繫鈴人|解铃还须系铃人[jiě líng hái xū xì líng rén]
cubical system (crystallography)
sect
contact (person)
contact details
Anhui faction of Northern Warlords (1912-c. 1920), led by Duan Qirui 段祺瑞 with Japanese support
urinary system
industrial relations
Gini coefficient (a measure of statistical dispersion)
systematic
good relations
operating system
subsystem
National Health Service (UK)
network operating system
shady relationship
fuel supply system
it doesn't matter
Cordillera, series of mountain ranges stretching from Patagonia in South America through to Alaska and Aleutian islands
foreign relations
coefficient of restitution (in Hooke's law)
to tie on
to link
sexual relations
relationship that is more than friendship
software system
lit. whoever hung the bell on the tiger's neck must untie it (idiom)
fuzing system
newspaper chain
open system
social credit system, a system that incentivizes individuals and businesses by creating consequences for good and bad behavior
subsystem
Beiyang faction of Northern Warlords
chairman of department
network management system
immune system
crystal system
global positioning system (GPS)
expert system
see 基尼係數|基尼系数[jī ní xì shù]
(math.) equivalence relation
system
satellite navigation system
network operating system
direct descendant
to be promiscuous
institute of Sinology
Sino-Russian relations
a connection (sb with whom one has dealings on the basis of \scratch my back and I'll scratch yours\)
financial system
bilateral relations
extragalactic star system
Fengtian clique (of northern warlords)
respiratory system
department
system
department of electronics
directly related
reproductive system
paternal line
ecosystem
relation
limbic system
non-playable character (in a role-playing game)
open systems interconnection
content management system (CMS) (Internet)
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]
linear system
Council on Foreign Relations (US policy think tank)
next of kin
direct ancestor
BeiDou Navigation Satellite System (BDS) (similar to GPS)
to be connected
object relative clause
equation expressing a relation (math.)
man-woman connection
blood relationship
formally establish diplomatic relations
interested party
center-embedded relative clauses
coordinate system (geometry)
Taiwan Relations Act (of US Congress, 1979)
(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
desktop system
international relations
interpersonal relationship
collateral relative (descended from a common ancestor but through different lines)
PRC Association for Relations Across the Taiwan Straits (ARATS)
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]
nervous system
strain (of a species)
series amplifier
see 恆星系|恒星系[héng xīng xì]
communication system
language family
to tie one's necktie
global positioning system (GPS)
propulsion system
point of sale system
frame of reference
relations between levels of production
anti-missile system
to maintain
variant of 關係|关系[guān xì]
drainage system
responsibility
(neologism c. 2017) (coll.) chill about everything (typically used to describe young people who don't buy into aspirational society)
paraphyletic group
evolutionary line
inertial system
transmission system
maternal
Globalnaya Navigatsionaya Satelinaya Sistema or Global Navigation Satellite System (GLONASS), the Russian equivalent of GPS
global positioning system (GPS)
prisoner
Milky Way Galaxy
system of polar coordinates
lineage
subsystem
closed-circuit rebreather scuba (diving)
improper relationship; illicit relationship
public relations
preposition
recurrence relation
autonomic nervous system
visuo-spatial sketchpad
(math.) binomial coefficient
social relation
foreign relations
Fengtian clique (of northern warlords)
connection
phonetic system
to seek contact with sb for one's own benefit
department of foreign languages
pedigree
mutually related
to improve relations
computer system
film series
drainage system
matrilineality
coding system
relates to
copula (linguistics)
system of thought
to come from a distinguished family
(regional) cuisine
autonomous system
barred spiral galaxy
circulatory system
Indo-European family of languages
early warning system
a series of
see 沒關係|没关系[méi guān xi]
input system
phylogenetic relationship
weapon system
complex system
severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS)
coefficient
Sino-Tibetan language family
to arrest and shackle
University of International Relations, Beijing, established in 1949
uplifting; rejuvenating; heartwarming
triangle relationship; (esp.) a love triangle
confidence coefficient (math.)
direct line of descent
compendium
special relation
to moor
information system
interested party
Physical Education department
department of chemistry
spiral galaxy
stellar system
Andromeda galaxy M31
to tag (an animal, for scientific research); to band (a bird)
favoritism shown to sb because of the influence of the person's wife or other female relative
relative pronoun
Guangxi warlord faction, from 1911-1930
relations between labor and employer