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关切

guānqiè

to be deeply concerned; concern

A person offers hot tea to a pale friend on a sofa with concern.
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Characters in this word

关 guān

Strokes
6
Radical
丷 — horns
Made of
丷 horns 天 sky, heaven

切 qiē

Strokes
4
Radical
刀 — knife
Made of
七 seven 刀 knife
How it's built
Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound

Example phrases

  • 公众最关切的并非政策口号,而是改革能否降低真实生活成本。 Gōngzhòng zuì guānqiè de bìngfēi zhèngcè kǒuhào, ér shì gǎigé néngfǒu jiàngdī zhēnshí shēnghuó chéngběn. What the public is most concerned about is not policy slogans, but whether reform can reduce real living costs.
  • 他关切地询问我的身体恢复得怎么样。 Tā guānqiè de xúnwèn wǒ de shēntǐ huīfù de zěnmeyàng. He asked with concern how my health was recovering.
  • 老师对每个学生的成长都十分关切。 Lǎoshī duì měi ge xuésheng de chéngzhǎng dōu shífēn guānqiè. The teacher cares deeply about every student's growth.

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