HSK 5 · Verbs

联合 liánhé “to combine” in Chinese

Traditional 聯合

What 联合 means

  1. to combine
  2. to join
  3. unite
  4. alliance

How to say 联合

  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale联lián2nd tone, rising
  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale合hé2nd tone, rising

联合 in a sentence

  1. 他们必须联合起来。

    Tāmen bìxū liánhé qǐlai.

    They must unite.

    Sentence #5715200 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters

  2. 不是所有国家都加入了联合国。

    Bú shì suǒyǒu guójiā dōu jiārù le Liánhéguó.

    Not every country has joined the UN.

    Sentence #1891588 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 联合 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 联 (lián) with each of its parts in a different colour
联liánto ally oneself with; to unite
  • 耳ear · ěrMeaning part
  • 关frontier pass · guānSound part

耳 hints at the meaning (ear); 关 (guān) hints at the sound. Compare it with lián.

The character 合 (hé) with each of its parts in a different colour
合héto close
  • 亼to assemble · jí
  • 口mouth · kǒu

How to write 联合

联 12 strokes · 合 6 strokes

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联合 (liánhé) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 联合 (liánhé). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 联合

Words with 联

联系liánxì · to contact互联网hùliánwǎng · the internet联欢liánhuān · to have a get-together联络liánluò · to contact联想liánxiǎng · to associate (ideas)联盟liánméng · alliance对联duìlián · couplet (on scrolls beside a door)

Words with 合

符合fúhé · in keeping with适合shìhé · to fit合格hégé · to meet the standard required合适héshì · suitable合影héyǐng · to take a joint photo集合jíhé · to gather结合jiéhé · to combine配合pèihé · to cooperate组合zǔhé · to assemble合法héfǎ · lawful

More words: Common Verbs

克服kèfú · to overcome (difficulties)控制kòngzhì · to control拦lán · to block利用lìyòng · to make use of流传liúchuán · to spread漏lòu · to leak轮流lúnliú · to alternate落后luòhòu · to fall behind

FAQs

联合 (liánhé) means “to combine” or “to join”. It is an HSK 5 word.
Say it liánhé: lián with a 2nd tone, then hé with a 2nd tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
In Traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, 联合 is written 聯合. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type lianhe with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 联合 from the suggestions. Typing lianhe into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
联合 is an HSK 5 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.