HSK 6 · Ideas

凝聚 níngjù “to condense” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 凝聚 means

  1. to condense
  2. to gather
  3. cohesion
  4. to coagulate
  5. coacervation (i.e. form tiny droplets)
More meanings from CC-CEDICT
  • aggregation
  • coherent

How to say 凝聚

  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale凝níng2nd tone, rising
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale聚jù4th tone, falling

凝聚 in a sentence

  1. 这本书凝聚了他多年的心血。

    Zhè běn shū níngjù le tā duō nián de xīnxuè.

    This book is the product of years of his hard work.

    Sentence by WillyChina

  2. 这次活动增强了团队的凝聚力。

    Zhè cì huódòng zēngqiáng le tuánduì de níngjùlì.

    This activity strengthened the team’s cohesion.

    Sentence by WillyChina

How 凝聚 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 凝 (níng) with each of its parts in a different colour
凝níngto congeal
  • 冫ice · bīngMeaning part
  • 疑to doubt · yíSound part

冫 hints at the meaning (ice); 疑 (yí) hints at the sound. Compare it with níng.

The character 聚 (jù) with each of its parts in a different colour
聚jùto assemble; to gather
  • 取to take · qǔ
  • 乑to stand side by side · zhòng

How to write 凝聚

凝 16 strokes · 聚 14 strokes

Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.

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

Words related to 凝聚

Words with 凝

凝视níngshì · to gaze at凝固nínggù · to solidify

Words with 聚

聚会jùhuì · party聚精会神jùjīnghuìshén · to concentrate fully

More words: Ideas & Concepts

魔鬼móguǐ · devil模式móshì · pattern南辕北辙nányuánběizhé · to act in a way that defeats one’s purpose内涵nèihán · connotation配套pèitào · to form a complete set偏差piānchā · deviation片断piànduàn · fragment偏见piānjiàn · prejudice

FAQs

凝聚 (níngjù) means “to condense” or “to gather”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it níngjù: níng with a 2nd tone, then jù with a 4th tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 凝聚 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type ningju with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 凝聚 from the suggestions. Typing ningju into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
凝聚 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 written by WillyChina. Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.