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Chinese symbol for “connective”

关联词
guān lián cí
Traditional: 關聯詞
(grammar) a connective; a conjunction

The closest CC-CEDICT match for connective is 关联词 (guān lián cí), defined as: (grammar) a connective; a conjunction.

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Characters and stroke order

关 guān
frontier pass; to close, to shut; relation
radical 12 ⼋ · 6 strokes
联 lián
ally, associate; to connect, to join
radical 128 ⽿ · 12 strokes
词 cí
phrase, expression; words, speech
radical 149 ⾔ · 7 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “connective”

WordPinyinMeaning
合取hé qǔconnective; conjunction

Related words

Other words that share a character with 关联词.

WordPinyinMeaning
关系 (關係)guān xirelation; relationship; connection; to concern; to involve; to affect
关于 (關於)guān yúpertaining to; concerning
有关 (有關)yǒu guānto have sth to do with; to relate to
相关 (相關)xiāng guānrelated; relevant
机关 (機關)jī guānmechanism; gear; machine-operated
联系 (聯係)lián xìvariant of 联系 (lián xì)
联合 (聯合)lián héto combine; to join
联盟 (聯盟)lián méngalliance; union
歌词 (歌詞)gē císong lyric; lyrics

See also: Japanese symbol for “connective”.

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.