HSK 5 · Verbs

组合 zǔhé “to assemble” in Chinese

Traditional 組合

What 组合 means

  1. to assemble
  2. to combine
  3. to compose
  4. combination
  5. association
More meanings from CC-CEDICT
  • set
  • compilation
  • (maths.) combinatorial

How to say 组合

  • 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合hé2nd tone, rising

组合 in a sentence

  1. 这里你可以看到漂亮的颜色组合。

    Zhèlǐ nǐ kěyǐ kàndào piàoliang de yánsè zǔhé.

    Here you can see some beautiful colour combinations.

    Sentence #804919 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

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

How to write 组合

组 8 strokes · 合 6 strokes

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

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

Words related to 组合

Words with 组

组zǔ · group组成zǔchéng · to form组织zǔzhī · to organise

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合法héfǎ · lawful

More words: Common Verbs

追求zhuīqiú · to pursue (a goal)组成zǔchéng · to form组织zǔzhī · to organise阻止zǔzhǐ · to prevent遵守zūnshǒu · to comply with挨ái · to suffer安置ānzhì · to find a place for熬áo · to endure

FAQs

组合 (zǔhé) means “to assemble” or “to combine”. It is an HSK 5 word.
Say it zǔhé: zǔ with a 3rd 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.
In Traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, 组合 is written 組合. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type zuhe with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 组合 from the suggestions. Typing zuhe into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
组合 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 from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.