HSK 5 · Verbs

组成 zǔchéng “to form” in Chinese

Traditional 組成

What 组成 means

  1. to form
  2. to make up
  3. to constitute

How to say 组成

  • Pitch chart of the third tone: dips low then rises, 2 to 1 to 4 on the five-level scale组zǔ3rd tone, dipping
  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale成chéng2nd tone, rising

组成 in a sentence

  1. 地球是由海洋和陆地组成的。

    Dìqiú shì yóu hǎiyáng hé lùdì zǔchéng de.

    The earth is made up of sea and land.

    Sentence #610538 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters

  2. 一个足球队由十一个球员组成。

    Yí ge zúqiúduì yóu shíyī ge qiúyuán zǔchéng.

    A football team is made up of eleven players.

    Sentence #1881095 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  3. 为了参加划船比赛，一支新的队伍组成了。

    Wèile cānjiā huáchuán bǐsài, yì zhī xīn de duìwǔ zǔchéng le.

    A new team was formed to take part in the rowing race.

    Sentence #336671 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 组成 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 组 (zǔ) with each of its parts in a different colour
组zǔto form
  • 纟silk form of 糸 · mìMeaning part
  • 且moreover · qiěSound part

纟 hints at the meaning (silk); 且 (qiě) hints at the sound. Compare it with zǔ.

The character 成 (chéng) with each of its parts in a different colour
成chéngto succeed
  • 戈halberd · gē
  • 丁part of the character

How to write 组成

组 8 strokes · 成 6 strokes

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

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

Words related to 组成

Words with 组

组zǔ · group组织zǔzhī · to organise组合zǔhé · to assemble

Words with 成

完成wánchéng · to complete成绩chéngjì · achievement变成biànchéng · to turn into成功chénggōng · success成为chéngwéi · to become养成yǎngchéng · to cultivate成人chéngrén · adult赞成zànchéng · to approve成立chénglì · to establish成长chéngzhǎng · to grow up

More words: Common Verbs

装zhuāng · to pretend装饰zhuāngshì · to decorate追zhuī · to chase追求zhuīqiú · to pursue (a goal)组织zǔzhī · to organise阻止zǔzhǐ · to prevent组合zǔhé · to assemble遵守zūnshǒu · to comply with

FAQs

组成 (zǔchéng) means “to form” or “to make up”. It is an HSK 5 word.
Say it zǔchéng: zǔ with a 3rd tone, then chéng 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, 组成 is written 組成. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type zucheng with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 组成 from the suggestions. Typing zucheng into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
组成 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.