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关键

guān jiàn

Old HSK 4 HSK 3.0 level 4 2-character word Traditional 關鍵 Measure word 个

关键 (guān jiàn) means "crucial point". It is an HSK 3.0 level 4 word, and was HSK 4 in the old six-level list.

What 关键 means

1. crucial point
2. crux
3. key
4. crucial
5. pivotal

The characters in 关键

• 关guānmountain pass; to close; to shut; to turn off; to confine; to lock (sb) up…
• 键jiànkey (on a piano or computer keyboard); button (on a mouse or other device); chemical bond

Example sentences

• 这是一个关键点。
  This is a crucial point.
• 鲑鱼是关键物种。
  Salmon are a keystone species.
• 这正是问题的关键。
  Zhè zhèngshì wèntí de guānjiàn.
  That's the point.
• 元旦是一年的关键。
  Yuándàn shì yī nián de guānjiàn.
  New Year's Day is the key to the year.
• 关键不在穿什么，而是怎么穿。
  Guānjiàn bù zài chuān shénme, érshì zěnme chuān.
  It's not what you wear, it's how you wear it.
• 关键不在穿什幺，而是怎幺穿。
  It's not what you wear, it's how you wear it.

Words starting with 关键

• 关键词guān jiàn cíkeyword
• 关键字guān jiàn zìkeyword
• 关键绩效指标guān jiàn jì xiào zhǐ biāokey performance indicator (KPI)

Where 关键 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of Problems & solutions (HSK 4), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

Go deeper

• Every HSK 4 word, with the rest of its level.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read guān jiàn correctly.
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