HSK 6 · Verbs

靠拢 kàolǒng “to draw close” in Chinese

Traditional 靠攏

What 靠拢 means

  1. to draw close
  2. to move closer
  3. to draw close to

How to say 靠拢

  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale靠kào4th tone, falling
  • Pitch chart of the third tone: dips low then rises, 2 to 1 to 4 on the five-level scale拢lǒng3rd tone, dipping

靠拢 in a sentence

  1. 请大家往中间靠拢一点儿，我给你们拍照。

    Qǐng dàjiā wǎng zhōngjiān kàolǒng yìdiǎnr, wǒ gěi nǐmen pāizhào.

    Could everyone move in a bit closer to the middle? I’ll take your photo.

    Sentence by WillyChina

  2. 船慢慢向岸边靠拢。

    Chuán mànmàn xiàng ànbiān kàolǒng.

    The boat slowly drew closer to the shore.

    Sentence by WillyChina

How 靠拢 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 靠 (kào) with each of its parts in a different colour
靠kàoto lean against or on
  • 告to tell · gàoSound part
  • 非wrong · fēiMeaning part

非 hints at the meaning (wrong); 告 (gào) hints at the sound. Compare it with kào.

The character 拢 (lǒng) with each of its parts in a different colour
拢lǒngto gather together; to collect
  • 扌hand form of 手 · shǒuMeaning part
  • 龙dragon · lóngSound part

扌 hints at the meaning (hand); 龙 (lóng) hints at the sound. Compare it with lǒng.

How to write 靠拢

靠 15 strokes · 拢 8 strokes

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

Words related to 靠拢

Words with 靠

靠kào · to lean on可靠kěkào · reliable依靠yīkào · to rely on

More words: Common Verbs

开拓kāituò · to open up开展kāizhǎn · to launch扛káng · to carry on one’s shoulder考察kǎochá · to investigate磕kē · to knock (against)啃kěn · to gnaw扣kòu · to button挎kuà · to carry on the arm or over the shoulder

FAQs

靠拢 (kàolǒng) means “to draw close” or “to move closer”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it kàolǒng: kào with a 4th tone, then lǒng with a 3rd 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, 靠拢 is written 靠攏. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type kaolong with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 靠拢 from the suggestions. Typing kaolong into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
靠拢 is an HSK 6 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 written by WillyChina. Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.