HSK 6 · Society

和解 héjiě “to reconcile” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 和解 means

  1. to reconcile
  2. reconciliation
  3. settlement
  4. to settle (a dispute out of court)
  5. conciliation
More meanings from CC-CEDICT
  • to become reconciled

How to say 和解

  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale和hé2nd tone, rising
  • Pitch chart of the third tone: dips low then rises, 2 to 1 to 4 on the five-level scale解jiě3rd tone, dipping

和解 in a sentence

  1. 他们和解了，并再次成为了朋友。

    Tāmen héjiě le, bìng zàicì chéngwéi le péngyou.

    They made up and became friends again.

    Sentence #795812 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters

  2. 现在握个手和解吧。

    Xiànzài wò ge shǒu héjiě ba.

    Now shake hands and make up.

    Sentence #818901 from Tatoeba

How 和解 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 和 (hé) with each of its parts in a different colour
和héand; together with; with
  • 禾grain · héSound part
  • 口mouth · kǒuMeaning part

口 hints at the meaning (mouth); 禾 (hé) hints at the sound. Compare it with hé.

The character 解 (jiě) with each of its parts in a different colour
解jiěto divide
  • 角horn · jiǎo
  • 刀knife · dāo
  • 牛cow · niú

Memory aidA knife 刀 taking the horn 角 off an ox 牛: to take apart, to explain.

How to write 和解

和 8 strokes · 解 13 strokes

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

Words related to 和解

Words with 和

和hé · and暖和nuǎnhuo · warm和平hépíng · peace附和fùhè · to echo (someone’s views)缓和huǎnhé · to ease调和tiáohé · to reconcile和蔼hé'ǎi · kindly和睦hémù · harmonious和气héqi · friendly和谐héxié · harmonious

Words with 解

解决jiějué · settle a dispute了解liǎojiě · comprehend解释jiěshì · explanation理解lǐjiě · to comprehend缓解huǎnjiě · to bring relief解剖jiěpōu · to dissect辩解biànjiě · to justify误解wùjiě · to misunderstand解除jiěchú · to remove解散jiěsàn · to dissolve

More words: Society & Law

贵族guìzú · noble国防guófáng · national defence国务院guówùyuàn · State Council (of China)号召hàozhào · to call on候选hòuxuǎn · candidate皇帝huángdì · emperor皇后huánghòu · empress华侨huáqiáo · overseas Chinese

FAQs

和解 (héjiě) means “to reconcile” or “reconciliation”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it héjiě: hé with a 2nd tone, then jiě with a 3rd tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 和解 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type hejie with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 和解 from the suggestions. Typing hejie into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
和解 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.