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Meaningxì(verb, noun)

to connect; to relate to; to tie up; to bind; to be (literary)

Examples

• 我是中文系的学生。

  wǒ shì zhōng wén xì de xué shēng.

  I'm a student in the Chinese department.

• 他们俩关系很好。

  tā men liǎ guān xì hěn hǎo.

  The two of them get along very well.

• 这是一个新的电脑系统。

  zhè shì yí gè xīn de diàn nǎo xì tǒng.

  This is a new computer system.

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Meaningjì(verb, noun)

to tie; to fasten; to button up

Read jì when it means to tie/fasten: shoelaces, seatbelts, ties.

Examples

• 你的鞋带开了，快系上。

  nǐ de xié dài kāi le, kuài xì shàng.

  Your shoelace is undone, tie it up.

• 上车后请系好安全带。

  shàng chē hòu qǐng xì hǎo ān quán dài.

  Please fasten your seatbelt after getting in.

• 他今天系了一条红色的领带。

  tā jīn tiān xì le yì tiáo hóng sè de lǐng dài.

  He's wearing a red tie today.

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