系(Ⅱ❶
❷
❸繫)xì

Ⅰ  ❶ （系统） system; series: 芳香 ～ aromatic series; 派 ～ faction; 太阳 ～ the solar system; 语 ～ (language) family
❷ （高等学校中按学科所分的教学行政单位） department; faculty: 社会学 ～ the department of sociology; 物理[文学] ～ the physics [literature] department; ～ 主任 head of the department; dean; 大连大学有17个 ～。 There are seventeen departments in Dalian University.
❸ （姓氏） a surname: ～ 益 Xi Yi Ⅱ  ❶ (联结； 联系) relate to; bear on; depend on: 维 ～ hold together; maintain; 成败 ～ 于此举 stand or fall by this; 名誉所 ～ have a direct bearing on one's reputation
❷ （牵挂） feel anxious; be concerned: ～ 恋 miss sb. very much; ～ 念 feel concerned about
❸ (拴； 绑) tie; fasten: ～ 马 tether a horse; ～ 牢 fasten up
❹ [书] （是） be: 纯 ～ 试验性质 be purely experimental in character; 其母 ～ 辽宁人。 His mother is a native of Liaoning. 她讲的确 ～ 实情。 What she said is the actual situation.
另见 see also jì。
◆系鞍带 quarter strap; 系词 {逻} copula; {语} copulative verb; linking verb; 系带 frenulum; habenula; habena (pl. habenae); fraenulum; frenulum; fraenum; frenum; ribbon; tie-tie; {医} vinculum; 系风捕影 chase the wind and clutch at shadows — make groundless accusations; chase at shadows; run after a shadow; speak [act] on hearsay evidence; try to do sth. impossible; 系缚 [书] tie; fasten; 系列 succession; series; bank; set; set family; train; 系列报导 series reporting; 系列产品 series products; 系列片 film series; 系念 [书] be anxious about; worry about; feel concerned about; 系数 {数} coefficient; ratio; modulus; quotient; factor; 系统 system; systematic; 系统安装费 system installation fee; 系统程序 system program; 系统程序库 system library; 系统网络体系 systems network architecture; 系统协调 system coordination; 系统性 systematicness; 系统支持软件 systems support software; 系统综合分析 comprehensive analysis of system; 系于一发 hanging by a hair; very precarious; 系综 {物} assemblage; {统力} ensem￣ ble