HSK 4 · Adjectives

合格 hégé “to meet the standard required” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 合格 means

  1. to meet the standard required
  2. qualified
  3. eligible (voter etc)

How to say 合格

  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale合hé2nd tone, rising
  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale格gé2nd tone, rising

合格 in a sentence

  1. 她是个合格的护士。

    Tā shì ge hégé de hùshi.

    She’s a qualified nurse.

    Sentence #1424148 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 没有合格的申请人吗？

    Méiyǒu hégé de shēnqǐngrén ma?

    Aren’t there any qualified applicants?

    Sentence #8709405 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  3. 如果你想考试合格的话，就要努力温习了。

    Rúguǒ nǐ xiǎng kǎoshì hégé dehuà, jiù yào nǔlì wēnxí le.

    You’ll have to work hard if you want to pass the exam.

    Sentence #344133 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

How 合格 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 合 (hé) with each of its parts in a different colour
合héto close
  • 亼to assemble · jí
  • 口mouth · kǒu
The character 格 (gé) with each of its parts in a different colour
格gésquare; lattice; grid; frame
  • 木tree · mùMeaning part
  • 各individual · gèSound part

木 hints at the meaning (tree); 各 (gè) hints at the sound. Compare it with gé.

How to write 合格

合 6 strokes · 格 10 strokes

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

Words related to 合格

Words with 合

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

Words with 格

严格yángé · strict价格jiàgé · price表格biǎogé · form性格xìnggé · nature及格jígé · to pass an exam or a test资格zīgé · qualifications风格fēnggé · style格外géwài · especially格局géjú · structure格式géshì · format

More words: Adjectives

富fù · rich干gān · dry关键guānjiàn · crucial point国际guójì · international合适héshì · suitable厚hòu · thick活泼huópo · lively积极jījí · active

FAQs

合格 (hégé) means “to meet the standard required” or “qualified”. It is an HSK 4 word.
Say it hégé: hé with a 2nd tone, then gé with a 2nd tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 合格 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type hege with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 合格 from the suggestions. Typing hege into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
合格 is an HSK 4 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.