🇨🇳Chinese Source WordCode: ZH

关系

Pronunciation / Transliteration: guānxì

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Relationship/rɪˈleɪ.ʃən.ʃɪp/
nounCEFR B1 (Intermediate)Top #500 frequency
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🇨🇳 Example Sentence in Chinese:

"他们建立了一种良好的合作关系。"

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2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    The way in which two or more concepts, objects, or people are connected.

    "There is a direct relationship between diet and health."
  2. 2

    A romantic or sexual involvement between two people.

    "They have been in a relationship for over three years."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

The word 'relationship' originates from the Latin root 'relatio', meaning 'to bring back' or 'to refer'. It evolved through Old French 'relation' before entering Middle English, where it took on its modern sense of a connection or association between entities.

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