HSK 6 · Adjectives

和谐 héxié “harmonious” in Chinese

Traditional 和諧

What 和谐 means

  1. harmonious
  2. harmony

How to say 和谐

  • 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 second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale谐xié2nd tone, rising

和谐 in a sentence

  1. 我们必须学会与自然和谐共处。

    Wǒmen bìxū xuéhuì yǔ zìrán héxié gòngchǔ.

    We must learn to live in harmony with nature.

    Sentence #5613678 from Tatoeba

  2. 和都市生活相比，乡村生活和谐多了。

    Hé dūshì shēnghuó xiāngbǐ, xiāngcūn shēnghuó héxié duō le.

    Compared with city life, country life is much more harmonious.

    Sentence #339486 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

How 和谐 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 谐 (xié) with each of its parts in a different colour
谐xiéharmonious
  • 讠speech form of 言 · yánMeaning part
  • 皆all · jiēSound part

讠 hints at the meaning (speech); 皆 (jiē) hints at the sound. Compare it with xié.

How to write 和谐

和 8 strokes · 谐 11 strokes

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

Words related to 和谐

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柔和róuhé · soft

More words: Adjectives

和蔼hé'ǎi · kindly和睦hémù · harmonious横héng · horizontal和气héqi · friendly宏伟hóngwěi · magnificent华丽huálì · magnificent荒凉huāngliáng · desolate荒谬huāngmiù · absurd

FAQs

和谐 (héxié) means “harmonious” or “harmony”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it héxié: hé with a 2nd tone, then xié 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, 和谐 is written 和諧. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type hexie with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 和谐 from the suggestions. Typing hexie into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
和谐 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.