Chinese word

组成

Pronunciation

Pinyinzǔ chéng

Meaning

  • verbform

Example

五个人组成了一个团队。wǔ gè rén zǔ chéng le yí gè tuán duì

Five people formed a team.

Illustration for 组成 (form)

More examples

国家由许多省份组成。guó jiā yóu xǔ duō shěng fèn zǔ chéng

A country is made up of many provinces.

Core concept

Separate parts join to make one whole.

Common phrases

  • 组成团体zǔ chéng tuán tǐ

    form a group

  • 组成小组zǔ chéng xiáo zǔ

    form a small group

  • 组成班级zǔ chéng bān jí

    form a class

Similar words

构成gòu chéng: Making up a whole through several parts or elements.
组合zǔ hé: Combining people or things into a set or group.

Definition in Chinese

由若干部分互相结合而形成整体，既可指组成的动作也可指组成后的状态。yóu ruò gān bù fèn hù xiāng jié hé ér xíng chéng zhéng tǐ jì kě zhǐ zǔ chéng de dòng zuò yě kě zhǐ zǔ chéng hòu de zhuàng tài

Word origin

组成 (zǔchéng, "form") combines 组 (zǔ, "group") and 成 (chéng, "become complete"), showing separate parts gathered into a finished whole.

Usage tips

  • English changes the sentence pattern when describing the parts of a whole, but Chinese uses this word for both the members and the whole they make.

Other meanings

  • compositionnoun
  • consist ofverb

Opposites

Related words

  • 组成部分zǔ chéng bù fèncomponentnoun

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