Chinese symbol for “connect”
系
xì
Traditional: 係
to connect; to relate to; to tie up; to bind
The closest CC-CEDICT match for connect is 系 (xì), defined as: to connect; to relate to; to tie up; to bind; to be (literary).
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “connect”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 接上 | jiē shàng | to connect (a cable etc); to hook up (a device) |
| 接通 | jiē tōng | to connect; to put through |
| 连通 (連通) | lián tōng | to connect; to communicate |
| 沟通 (溝通) | gōu tōng | to join; to connect; to link up; to communicate |
| 连接 (連接) | lián jiē | to link; to join; to connect |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 系.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 关系 (關係) | guān xi | relation; relationship; connection; to concern; to involve; to affect |
| 系统 (系統) | xì tǒng | system; 个 (gè) |
| 系列 | xì liè | series; set |
| 联系 (聯係) | lián xì | variant of 联系 (lián xì) |
See also: Japanese symbol for “connect”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.