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海关

hǎi guān

Old HSK 5 HSK 3.0 level 5 2-character word Traditional 海關 Measure word 个

海关 (hǎi guān) means "customs". It is an HSK 3.0 level 5 word, and was HSK 5 in the old six-level list.

What 海关 means

1. customs (i.e. border crossing inspection)

The characters in 海关

• 海hǎiocean; sea; great number of people or things
• 关guānmountain pass; to close; to shut; to turn off; to confine; to lock (sb) up…

Example sentences

• 包裹被海关扣了。
  The package was confiscated by customs.
• 我在机场被海关人员搜查。
  Wǒ zài jīchǎng bèi hǎiguān rényuán sōuchá.
  I was searched by the customs officers at the airport.

Words starting with 海关

• 海关部门hǎi guān bù méncustoms section
• 海关总署hǎi guān zǒng shǔGeneral Administration of Customs (GAC)

Words containing 海关

• 山海关Shān hǎi GuānShanhai Pass in Hebei, at the eastern terminus of the Ming dynasty Great Wall
• 世界海关组织Shì jiè Hǎi guān Zǔ zhīWorld Customs Organization
• 山海关区Shān hǎi guān QūShanhaiguan, a district of Qinhuangdao City 秦皇岛市

Where 海关 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of Travel, Events & Social Venues (HSK 5), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

Go deeper

• Every HSK 5 word, with the rest of its level.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read hǎi guān correctly.
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