HSK 6 · Society

勾结 gōujié “to collude with” in Chinese

Traditional 勾結

What 勾结 means

  1. to collude with
  2. to gang up
  3. to collaborate with
  4. to gang up with

How to say 勾结

  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale勾gōu1st tone, high and level
  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale结jié2nd tone, rising

勾结 in a sentence

  1. 这个员工和外人勾结，偷了公司的东西。

    Zhè ge yuángōng hé wàirén gōujié, tōu le gōngsī de dōngxi.

    This employee colluded with outsiders to steal from the company.

    Sentence by WillyChina

  2. 电影里的坏人互相勾结。

    Diànyǐng lǐ de huàirén hùxiāng gōujié.

    The villains in the film were in league with each other.

    Sentence by WillyChina

How 勾结 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 勾 (gōu) with each of its parts in a different colour
勾gōuto attract
  • 勹wrap · bāo
  • 厶private · sī
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 勾结

勾 4 strokes · 结 9 strokes

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

Words related to 勾结

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

公安局gōng'ānjú · public security bureau共和国gònghéguó · republic公民gōngmín · citizen公证gōngzhèng · notarisation官方guānfāng · official管辖guǎnxiá · to have jurisdiction over规章guīzhāng · rules贵族guìzú · noble

FAQs

勾结 (gōujié) means “to collude with” or “to gang up”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it gōujié: gōu with a 1st 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, 勾结 is written 勾結. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type goujie with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 勾结 from the suggestions. Typing goujie into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
勾结 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 written by WillyChina. Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.