HSK 6 · Society

团结 tuánjié “to unite” in Chinese

Traditional 團結

What 团结 means

  1. to unite
  2. unity
  3. united
  4. solidarity

How to say 团结

  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale团tuán2nd tone, rising
  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale结jié2nd tone, rising

团结 in a sentence

  1. 演出的成功，在于大家的团结努力。

    Yǎnchū de chénggōng, zàiyú dàjiā de tuánjié nǔlì.

    The show’s success came down to everyone pulling together.

    Sentence #5903217 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

  2. 团结、公正和自由是幸福的保证。

    Tuánjié, gōngzhèng hé zìyóu shì xìngfú de bǎozhèng.

    Unity, justice and freedom are the foundation of happiness.

    Sentence #785816 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 团结 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 团 (tuán) with each of its parts in a different colour
团tuánround
  • 囗enclosure · wéi
  • 才ability · cái
The character 结 (jié) with each of its parts in a different colour
结jiéknot
  • 纟silk form of 糸 · mìMeaning part
  • 吉lucky · jíSound part

纟 hints at the meaning (silk); 吉 (jí) hints at the sound. Compare it with jié.

Memory aidSilk 纟 tied into a knot. 吉 (jí) gives the sound: to tie, a knot.

How to write 团结

团 6 strokes · 结 9 strokes

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

Words related to 团结

Words with 团

团tuán · group团圆tuányuán · to be reunited (as a family)集团jítuán · group团体tuántǐ · group

Words with 结

结婚jiéhūn · get married结束jiéshù · to end总结zǒngjié · to sum up结果jiéguǒ · result结合jiéhé · to combine结实jiēshi · sturdy结账jiézhàng · to pay the bill结构jiégòu · structure结论jiélùn · conclusion巴结bājie · to fawn on

More words: Society & Law

统治tǒngzhì · to rule投票tóupiào · to vote投诉tóusù · to complain投降tóuxiáng · to surrender团体tuántǐ · group违背wéibèi · to go against伪造wěizào · to forge诬陷wūxiàn · to frame

FAQs

团结 (tuánjié) means “to unite” or “unity”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it tuánjié: tuán with a 2nd tone, then jié 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, 团结 is written 團結. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type tuanjie with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 团结 from the suggestions. Typing tuanjie into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
团结 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 from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.