HSK 5 · Verbs

配合 pèihé “to cooperate” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 配合 means

  1. to cooperate
  2. to work together
  3. to coordinate (with)
  4. matching
  5. fitting in with
More meanings from CC-CEDICT
  • compatible with
  • to correspond
  • to fit
  • to conform to

How to say 配合

  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale配pèi4th tone, falling
  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale合hé2nd tone, rising

配合 in a sentence

  1. 谢谢大家的配合。

    Xièxie dàjiā de pèihé.

    Thank you all for your cooperation.

    Sentence by WillyChina

  2. 他们两个人配合得很好。

    Tāmen liǎng ge rén pèihé de hěn hǎo.

    The two of them work together very well.

    Sentence by WillyChina

How 配合 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 配 (pèi) with each of its parts in a different colour
配pèito join
  • 酉wine vessel · yǒuMeaning part
  • 己self · jǐSound part

酉 hints at the meaning (wine vessel); 己 (jǐ) hints at the sound. Compare it with pèi.

The character 合 (hé) with each of its parts in a different colour
合héto close
  • 亼to assemble · jí
  • 口mouth · kǒu

How to write 配合

配 10 strokes · 合 6 strokes

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

Words related to 配合

Words with 配

分配fēnpèi · to distribute配偶pèi'ǒu · spouse搭配dāpèi · to match配备pèibèi · to equip支配zhīpèi · to control配套pèitào · to form a complete set

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组合zǔhé · to assemble合法héfǎ · lawful

More words: Common Verbs

念niàn · to read aloud拍pāi · to pat派pài · to send培养péiyǎng · to cultivate批pī · measure word for batches or groups披pī · to drape over one’s shoulders飘piāo · to float (in the air)平衡pínghéng · balance

FAQs

配合 (pèihé) means “to cooperate” or “to work together”. It is an HSK 5 word.
Say it pèihé: pèi with a 4th tone, then hé with a 2nd tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 配合 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type peihe with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 配合 from the suggestions. Typing peihe into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
配合 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 written by WillyChina. Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.