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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
gě | ge3
English translation
100 ml
one-tenth of a peck
measure for dry grain equal to one-tenth of sheng shēng or liter, or one-hundredth dou Dǒu
Pīnyīn Pronunciation
hé | he2
English translation
to close
to join
to fit
to be equal to
whole
together
round (in battle)
conjunction (astronomy)
1st note of pentatonic scale
old variant of [hé]
variant of [hé]
to combine, to join, to unite; to gather

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Number of strokes

6

Traditional form

Contains the radical

kǒu

Part of speech

Verb / 动词 dòng cí Dòngcí

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Positional decomposition

亼口

Explanation

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业务 yèwù de 发展 fāzhǎn 归功 guī gōng 方的合作 hézuò .

The development of business is creditable to your co - operation.

硅烷偶联剂用于 yòng yú 许多 xǔduō 通用 tōngyòng de 砂子 shā zi 环氧 xíng 复合材料 fù hé cái liào Zhōng .

Silane coupling agents are also used in many commercial sand - epoxy - type composites.

接著我们 wǒmen 致力 zhìlì zhǎo chū 能够 néng gòu 减弱 jiǎn ruò 辐射 fúshè de 聚合物 jù hé wù .

Then we got involved with trying to find polymers that attenuate radiation.

fàng zhè zhǐ wǎn de 合适 héshì 位置 wèizhi shì 架子 jià zi shǎng .

The right place for the bowl is on the shelf.

jiào děng tài jiǔ ,这是合理 hélǐ de .

He kept me waiting an unconscionable time.

Words with

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
合作 hézuò to cooperate合作 hézuò
适合 shìhé to fit適合
合适 héshì suitable合適
to close
结合 jiéhé to combine結合
合同 hétong (business) contract合同 hétong
符合 fúhé in keeping with符合 fúhé
合理 hélǐ rational合理 hélǐ
联合 liánhé to combine聯合
综合 zōnghé comprehensive綜合
组合 zǔhé to assemble組合
配合 pèihé matching配合 pèihé
合法 héfǎ lawful合法 héfǎ
联合国 Lián hé guó United Nations聯合國
混合 hùnhé to mix混合 hùnhé
合约 hé yuē treaty合約
合并 hébìng to merge合併
巧合 qiǎo hé coincidence巧合 qiǎo hé
合伙人 hé huǒ rén partner合伙人 hé huǒ rén
场合 chǎnghé situation場合
吻合 wěn hé to be a good fit吻合 wěn hé
合格 hégé qualified合格 hégé
集合 jíhé to gather集合 jíhé
整合 zhěng hé to conform整合 zhěng hé
融合 róng hé a mixture融合 róng hé

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Decomposition

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Compounds

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      • , ,
      • , zhā ,
    • yǎn
      • án , ān , yǎn , yǎn , ēng , ,
      • , yān , shè , , , , ,
    • gěi , , , shè , qià , , , qià , , gěi , , kān , kān , shǐ , , , , xiá , , jiá , jiá , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , huō , , , , , , , , 鴿
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