HSK 5 · Work

合作 hézuò “to cooperate” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 合作 means

  1. to cooperate
  2. to collaborate
  3. to work together

How to say 合作

  • 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 fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale作zuò4th tone, falling

合作 in a sentence

  1. 希望我们有机会再合作。

    Xīwàng wǒmen yǒu jīhuì zài hézuò.

    I hope we get the chance to work together again.

    Sentence #2393826 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 我想和贵公司合作。

    Wǒ xiǎng hé guì gōngsī hézuò.

    I’d like to work with your company.

    Sentence #460483 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

  3. 他习惯了团队合作。

    Tā xíguàn le tuánduì hézuò.

    He’s used to teamwork.

    Sentence #805557 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 合作 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 作 (zuò) with each of its parts in a different colour
作zuòto do; to engage in
  • 亻person form of 人 · rén
  • 乍first time · zhà

Memory aidPerson 亻 with 乍 (zhà) for the sound: to make, to do.

How to write 合作

合 6 strokes · 作 7 strokes

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

Words related to 合作

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 作

工作gōngzuò · to work作业zuòyè · school assignment工作日gōngzuòrì · working day作者zuòzhě · author作家zuòjiā · writer动作dòngzuò · movement作用zuòyòng · effect制作zhìzuò · to make写作xiězuò · writing作文zuòwén · to write an essay

More words: Work & Career

工程师gōngchéngshī · engineer工人gōngrén · worker工业gōngyè · industry合同hétong · (business) contract兼职jiānzhí · part-time job会计kuàijì · accountant简历jiǎnlì · curriculum vitae (CV)结账jiézhàng · to pay the bill

FAQs

合作 (hézuò) means “to cooperate” or “to collaborate”. It is an HSK 5 word.
Say it hézuò: hé with a 2nd tone, then zuò with a 4th tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 合作 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type hezuo with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 合作 from the suggestions. Typing hezuo into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
合作 is an HSK 5 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.