合 (hé): to close, to join, to fit, to be equal to, whole, together, round (in battle), 100 ml (unit of dry measure)
合 (hé) is a Chinese character meaning “to close.” Classified as HSK Level 3 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 亼 (structural) and 口 (structural). It ranks #171 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Definitions
- to close
- to join
- to fit
- to be equal to
- whole
- together
- round (in battle)
- 100 ml (unit of dry measure)
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
HSK Vocabulary with 合
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning | HSK |
|---|---|---|---|
| 合作verb | hé zuò | to cooperate | 5 |
| 适合verb | shì hé | to fit | 4 |
| 合适adjective | hé shì | suitable | 3 |
| 合同noun | hé tong | contract | 5 |
| 合法adjective | hé fǎ | lawful | 5 |
| 符合verb | fú hé | in accordance with | 4 |
| 组合verb/noun | zǔ hé | to assemble | 5 |
| 合理adjective | hé lǐ | rational | 5 |
| 配合verb | pèi hé | matching | 5 |
| 联合verb/adjective | lián hé | to combine | 5 |
| 混合verb | hùn hé | to mix | 6 |
| 集合verb | jí hé | to gather | 5 |
| 场合noun | chǎng hé | occasion | 6 |
| 结合verb | jié hé | to combine | 5 |
| 合并verb | hé bìng | variant of 合併|合并 | 6 |
| 联合国noun | lián hé guó | United Nations | 6 |
| 合格adjective | hé gé | to meet the standard required | 4 |
| 综合verb | zōng hé | comprehensive | 5 |
| 融合verb | róng hé | a mixture | 6 |
| 合成verb | hé chéng | to compose | 6 |
| 合影verb/noun | hé yǐng | group photo | 5 |
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 合伙人noun | hé huǒ rén | partner (in a business or other joint venture) |
| 巧合verb | qiǎo hé | coincidence |
| 吻合verb | wěn hé | to be a good fit |
| 合约noun | hé yuē | contract |
| 回合noun | huí hé | one of a sequence of contests (or subdivisions of a contest) between the same two opponents |
| 综合症noun | zōng hé zhèng | syndrome |
| 会合verb | huì hé | to meet |
| 缝合verb | féng hé | to sew together |
| 合身adjective | hé shēn | well-fitting (of clothes) |
| 复合verb | fù hé | (of people who were estranged) to be reconciled |
合 appears in 121 compound words: 45 as the first character, 45 as the last, and 10 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.
Strongest Collocations
Characters that most frequently co-occur with 合 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Idioms & Chengyu (31)
sorrow, joy, separation and reunion; vicissitudes of life; sorrows and joys
untimely; premature; inopportune; ill-timed; out of fashion; behind the times
Showing 12 of 31 idioms containing 合.
Example Sentences
请合下这杯茶，解解渴再继续工作。
qǐng gě xià zhè bēi chá , xiè xiè kě zài jì xù gōng zuò .
Please have a sip of this tea to quench your thirst before continuing your work.
拨乱反正:和委会还不如金砖上合
bō luàn fǎn zhèng : hé wěi huì hái bù rú jīn zhuān shàng gě
Rectify the chaos: the peace committee is not as good as the BRICS SCO
(米兰冬奥会)综合消息:谷爱凌U型场地技巧卫冕 美国摘赛会...
( mǐ lán dōng ào huì ) zèng gě xiāo xī : gǔ ài líng U xíng chǎng dì jì qiǎo wèi 冕 měi guó zhāi sài huì . . .
(Milan Winter Olympics) Comprehensive news: Gu Ailing's U-shaped field skills defended the title of the United States...
联合国:收到伊朗来信 对地区紧张局势深表关切
lián gě guó : shōu dào yī lǎng lái xìn duì dì qū jǐn zhāng jú shì shēn biǎo guān qiē
United Nations: Received a letter from Iran expressing deep concern about regional tensions
冬奥会|速滑综合:荷兰老将德容四战奥运首夺金
dōng ào huì sù huá zèng gě : hé lán lǎo jiāng dé róng sì zhàn ào yùn shǒu duó jīn
Winter Olympics|Speed skating comprehensive: Dutch veteran De Jong won his first gold medal in four Olympic games
美国向联合国支付1.6亿美元部分欠款,仅为其约20...
měi guó xiàng lián gě guó zhī fù 1 . 6 yì měi yuán bù fēn qiàn kuǎn , jǐn wéi qí yuē 2 0 . . .
The United States paid the United Nations $160 million in partial arrears, only about 20...
你认为他适合这个职位吗？
Nǐ rènwéi tā shìhé zhège zhíwèi ma?
Do you think he is good for the position?
你跟老板合得来吗？
Nǐ gēn lǎobǎn hédelái ma?
Do you get along with your boss?
没有合格的申请人吗？
Méiyǒu hégé de shēnqǐngrén ma?
Aren't there any qualified applicants?
你觉得说这种话合适吗？
Nǐ juéde shuō zhèzhǒng huà héshì ma?
Do you think it's appropriate to talk like that?
Character Family
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