HSK 6 · Adjectives

和睦 hémù “harmonious” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 和睦 means

  1. harmonious
  2. in harmony
  3. peaceful relations

How to say 和睦

  • 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 fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale睦mù4th tone, falling

和睦 in a sentence

  1. 汤姆和玛丽就是没法儿和睦相处。

    Tāngmǔ hé Mǎlì jiùshì méifǎr hémù xiāngchǔ.

    Tom and Mary just can’t get along.

    Sentence #10455456 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

How 和睦 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 睦 (mù) with each of its parts in a different colour
睦mùamicable
  • 目eye · mùMeaning part
  • 坴a clod of earth · lùSound part

目 hints at the meaning (eye); 坴 (lù) hints at the sound. Compare it with mù.

How to write 和睦

和 8 strokes · 睦 13 strokes

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

Words related to 和睦

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和气héqi · friendly和谐héxié · harmonious柔和róuhé · soft

More words: Adjectives

含糊hánhu · vague罕见hǎnjiàn · rare豪迈háomài · bold和蔼hé'ǎi · kindly横héng · horizontal和气héqi · friendly和谐héxié · harmonious宏伟hóngwěi · magnificent

FAQs

和睦 (hémù) means “harmonious” or “in harmony”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it hémù: hé with a 2nd tone, then mù with a 4th tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 和睦 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type hemu with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 和睦 from the suggestions. Typing hemu into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
和睦 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.