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HSK
suitable; fitting; appropriate
HSK 2
lawful / legitimate / legal
HSK 3
rational; reasonable; sensible; fair
HSK 3
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *合* | 合* | *合
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
HSK 3
to meet the standard required / qualified / eligible (voter etc)
HSK 3
to cooperate; to collaborate; to work together
HSK 3
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *閤* | 閤* | *閤
variant of
HSK 3
contract; agreement / CL:
HSK 4
to compose / to constitute / compound / synthesis / mixture / synthetic
HSK 5
to merge / to annex
HSK 5
variant of 合併|合并
HSK 5
contract; agreement / CL:
HSK 6
joint venture
HSK 7-9
to take a joint photo / group photo
HSK 7-9
chorus / to chorus
HSK 7-9
reasonable and fair (idiom)
HSK 7-9
cooperative / workers' or agricultural producers' cooperative etc
HSK 7-9
to add up the total / to figure what sth amounts to / to consider
HSK 7-9
to act jointly / to form a partnership
HSK 7-9
to accord with; to conform to
HSK 7-9
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *合* | 合* | *合
100 ml / one-tenth of a peck / measure for dry grain equal to one-tenth of sheng or liter, or one-hundredth dou
synthesizer
to unite
to surround / to close in around (one's enemy, prey etc)
chorus / choir
to combine / combination / composite character (i.e. a synonym of 合體字|合体字) / (of clothes) to be a good fit
Hefei, prefecture-level city and capital of Anhui Province 安徽省
group photo / to take a group photo
to operate jointly / a joint venture / cooperative
legitimacy
alloy
to clasp hands / to put one's palms together (in prayer)
to suit one's taste / suitable / congenial / by mutual agreement
to join forces / concerted effort / (physics) resultant force
appropriate
to cooperate / to do business together
to close (box, book, mouth etc)
collection / compilation
on the same track / in agreement / rhyming
to match harmoniously
Hejiang county in Luzhou 瀘州|泸州, Sichuan
to rent jointly with other people / co-renting
common term / general term
synthetic rubber
well-fitting (of clothes)
(dialect) (implying sudden realization) so / after all
to write jointly / to co-author
to conspire; to plot together
certificate of conformity
to tally / to accord with / to fit
combined assault / to mount a joint attack
to merge together (idiom); to unify disparate elements into one whole
in fashion / suiting the time / seasonable / timely
to get along with well; compatible
ought to; should
(law) collegiate bench / panel of judges
bound volume / one-volume edition
Vertical Alliance, clique of the School of Diplomacy 縱橫家|纵横家 during the Warring States Period (425-221 BC)
must / should
to join the two sections (of a linear structure: bridge, dike etc) to complete its construction
group photo of whole family
reasonable; to make sense
Heyang County in Weinan 渭南, Shaanxi
Heyang County in Weinan 渭南, Shaanxi
to share nuptial cup / (fig.) to get married
to act together / to put on a joint performance
composite number (i.e. not prime, has a factorization)
in keeping with the current thinking / appropriate for the times (or for the occasion)
aikido (Japanese martial art) / hapkido (Korean martial art)
(of people) to be incompatible; to not get along; to be unable to see eye to eye
Vertical and Horizontal Alliance, opposing stratagems devised by the School of Diplomacy 縱橫家|纵横家 during the Warring States Period (425-221 BC)
backup vocal (music) / (phonetic) contraction
a Chinese character formed by combining existing elements - i.e. a combined ideogram 會意|会意 or radical plus phonetic 形聲|形声
in time with (i.e. same rhythm) / to keep in step with / fig. to cooperate
hinge
Hepu county in Beihai 北海, Guangxi
zygote (biology)
pasty (i.e. pastry stuffed with meat or vegetables)
to close (flower, eyes, suitcase etc) / to bring together / (insect or bird when not flying) to fold (its wings)
United Press International (UPI)
to converge / to flow together / fig. to act alike / to evolve together
collective farm, Russian: kolkhoz
collectivization (in Marxist theory)
Hejiang county in Luzhou 瀘州|泸州, Sichuan
casting a couple's fortune based on their bithdates (old)
Heshui county in Qingyang 慶陽|庆阳, Gansu
variant of 合伙
to perform music (as an ensemble)
Heshan, county-level city in Laibin 來賓市|来宾市, Guangxi
synthetic fiber
to wrap one's arm around (used to describe the girth of a tree trunk)
compound word
Hezuo, county-level city in Gannan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture 甘南藏族自治州, Gansu
composite number (i.e. not prime, has a factorization)
joint stock / ply (e.g. 2-ply yarn)
to discuss together / to try to reach a common judgment / panel discussion
hinge
to put one's palms together (in prayer or greeting) / to work with a common purpose / harmonious / convenient (to use)
to share / to use in common / suitable / fit for purpose / useable

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