Guanxi - Hsk Anomaly?

[gedawei]

I was exploring some vocabulary on MDBG.NET and discovered that the term 关系 (guanxi) is not in the HSK proficiency test list at any level (1 to 4). Can that be correct? Here you have one of the first words foreigners are exposed to when learning about Chinese culture (if not the language itself), and the word doesn't merit inclusion at any level? I see that the two characters are in HSK separately, but not together as a term. The term is so common that MDBG even uses the pinyin as an "English" translation of the term because the word "guanxi" is so common in the ENGLISH language these days!

Any explanation for the failure of this term to make it into HSK, or is MDBG wrong about this?

[aristotle1990]

Quote removed - there's only one post, we know who you're talking to . . .

I dunno; it's in the new HSK wordlist (warning -- 2.8 MB PDF), so go figure.

[roddy]

关系 is on the HSK 1 list. Note that these are the original lists from years back, I don't know about the new ones.