HSK · Level 39
120 words
Chinese word
汇合
Pronunciation
Pinyinhuì hé
Meaning
- verbmeet up
Example
下午我们在车站汇合。xià wǔ wǒ men zài chē zhàn huì hé
We meet up at the station this afternoon.
More examples
两条河在下游汇合形成大河。liǎng tiáo hé zài xià yóu huì hé xíng chéng dà hé
The two rivers come together downstream to form a large river.
Core concept
A shared meeting point turns several lines of movement into one combined flow.
Common phrases
在车站汇合zài chē zhàn huì hé
meet at the station
与队伍汇合yǔ duì wǔ huì hé
join up with the group
河流汇合hé liú huì hé
rivers come together
Similar words
合流hé liú: Join separate moving flows, routes, or streams into one continuing flow.
集合jí hé: Gather at a planned place or time.
见面jiàn miàn: Meet face to face, by arrangement or by chance.
合并hé bìng: Combine two or more organizations or parts into one structure.
Definition in Chinese
两股或多股人、车流、道路等在某一点会聚并合为一个整体。liáng gǔ huò duō gǔ rén chē liú dào lù děng zài mǒu yì diǎn huì jù bìng hé wèi yí gè zhéng tǐ
Word origin
The character 汇 (huì, "converge") is linked to flows collecting together, while 合 (hé, "join") marks their union into one whole.
Usage tips
- Because the subject may be nonhuman, the word helps describe maps, traffic reports, and route directions instead of only social meetings.
Other meanings
- gatherverb
- assembleverb
Opposites
- 分流fēn liúsplit offverb
- 分散fēn sànscatterverb
Related words
- 汇合点huì hé diǎnconvergence pointnoun
- 汇合处huì hé chùconvergence sitenoun