As we no longer alter the spellings of loanwords to match typical English spelling conventions, this leads to many words with unusual spellings, like "guanxi", "qarin", "kawaii" and "burqa".
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Guanxi
//ˈkwanʃi//
Synonyms for "guanxi" (2 found)
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3 entriesTranslations
15 translations across 7 languages.
Chinese Cantonese
1 entries- 關西 /关西 name (urban township)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 關西 /关西 name (urban township)
- 關係 /关系 noun (connections; relationships; one's social or business network (China))
Finnish
3 entries- guanxi noun (connections; relationships; one's social or business network (China))
- suhteet noun (connections; relationships; one's social or business network (China))
- verkosto noun (connections; relationships; one's social or business network (China))
Japanese
3 entries- コネ noun (connections; relationships; one's social or business network (China))
- コネクション noun (connections; relationships; one's social or business network (China))
- 関係 noun (connections; relationships; one's social or business network (China))
Korean
2 entries- 관계 noun (connections; relationships; one's social or business network (China))
- 커넥션 noun (connections; relationships; one's social or business network (China))
Russian
3 entries- блат noun (connections; relationships; one's social or business network (China))
- гуа́ньси noun (connections; relationships; one's social or business network (China))
- свя́зи noun (connections; relationships; one's social or business network (China))
Spanish
1 entries- cuña noun (connections; relationships; one's social or business network (China))
Sample sentences
9 total sentences available.
To open a new business in China you need guanxi.
Source: wiktionary
Who would dare to drive around in a [right-hand drive] car that was so obviously stolen and smuggled into the country? The police, of course! And Communisty Party officials. And those with guanxi with the police.
Source: wiktionary
By chance he'd happened to be in Hong Kong when Clayton had died, and his guanxi had smoothed out the paperwork that could have delayed things for weeks.
Source: wiktionary
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Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.