HSK 5 vocabularyHSK 3.0

系

jì · xì

Traditional: 繫, 係

Meanings of 系 in English

jìHSK 5verbSyllabus #2539
  1. to tie
  2. to fasten
  3. to button up
xìHSK 5nounSyllabus #3226
  1. system
  2. department
  3. faculty
  4. to connect
  5. to relate to
  6. to tie up
  7. to bind
  8. to be (literary)

Example sentences

  1. 我是不会系领带的。
    wǒ shì bú huì xì lǐng dài de。
    I won't be wearing a tie.
    Tatoeba #3671667 by GlossaMatik · #3669435 by karloelkebekio · CC BY 2.0 FR
  2. 汤姆不会系领带。
    tāng mǔ bú huì xì lǐng dài。
    Tom can't tie a tie.
    Tatoeba #4844847 by sadhen · #1955071 by CK · CC BY 2.0 FR
  3. 汤姆不知道怎么系自己的鞋带。
    tāng mǔ bù zhī dào zěn me xì zì jǐ de xié dài。
    Tom doesn't know how to tie his shoes.
    Tatoeba #3338939 by sadhen · #2411688 by CK · CC BY 2.0 FR

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Level, pinyin and part of speech: HSK Syllabus (CLEC, Nov 2025). Definitions: CC-CEDICT, CC BY-SA 4.0. Sources & licences