HSK 6 · Work

合伙 héhuǒ “to form a partnership” in Chinese

Traditional 合夥

What 合伙 means

  1. to form a partnership
  2. jointly
  3. to act jointly

How to say 合伙

  • 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 third tone: dips low then rises, 2 to 1 to 4 on the five-level scale伙huǒ3rd tone, dipping

合伙 in a sentence

  1. 我们达成了合伙协议。

    Wǒmen dáchéng le héhuǒ xiéyì.

    We’ve reached a partnership agreement.

    Sentence #805529 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 他只是个事业合伙人。

    Tā zhǐshì ge shìyè héhuǒrén.

    He’s just a business partner.

    Sentence #4739245 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

How 合伙 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 伙 (huǒ) with each of its parts in a different colour
伙huǒmeals
  • 亻person form of 人 · rénMeaning part
  • 火fire · huǒSound part

亻 hints at the meaning (person); 火 (huǒ) hints at the sound. Compare it with huǒ.

How to write 合伙

合 6 strokes · 伙 6 strokes

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

Words related to 合伙

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联合liánhé · to combine配合pèihé · to cooperate组合zǔhé · to assemble

Words with 伙

小伙子xiǎohuǒzi · young man伙伴huǒbàn · partner家伙jiāhuo · guy大伙儿dàhuǒr · everyone

More words: Work & Career

骨干gǔgàn · backbone规划guīhuà · plan顾问gùwèn · adviser雇佣gùyōng · to employ后勤hòuqín · logistics汇报huìbào · to report监督jiāndū · to supervise奖励jiǎnglì · to reward

FAQs

合伙 (héhuǒ) means “to form a partnership” or “jointly”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it héhuǒ: hé with a 2nd tone, then huǒ 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, 合伙 is written 合夥. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type hehuo with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 合伙 from the suggestions. Typing hehuo into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
合伙 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.