# 息息相关 (xīxīxiāngguān)

In Mandarin Chinese, 息息相关 (xīxīxiāngguān) means “closely bound up; intimately related”. It is part of the HSK 7–9 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

- Meaning: closely bound up; intimately related
- Pinyin: xīxīxiāngguān (xi1 xi1 xiang1 guan1)
- Traditional: 息息相關
- HSK 3.0 · Level 7–9

## Examples

- 环保与我们的生活息息相关。
  Huánbǎo yǔ wǒmen de shēnghuó xīxīxiāngguān.
  Environmental protection is closely bound up with our lives.

## Characters

- 息 (xī): breath; to cease; to stop
- 相 (xiàng): appearance; portrait
- [关](https://hanziro.com/word/guan-close/) (guān): to close; to turn off

https://hanziro.com/word/xi-xi-xiang-guan-closely-bound-up/

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