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合

gě · ge/hé · he

Traditional 閤

HSK 3

Meaning

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gě 合

  1. 100 ml
  2. one-tenth of a peck
  3. measure for dry grain equal to one-tenth of sheng 升 or liter, or one-hundredth dou 斗

hé 合

  1. to close
  2. to join
  3. to fit
  4. to be equal to
  5. whole
  6. together
  7. round (in battle)
  8. conjunction (astronomy)
  9. 1st note of pentatonic scale
  10. old variant of 盒 (hé)

hé 閤

  1. variant of 合 (hé)
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The suitcase will not close

  1. Liangliang

    我(wǒ)的(de)箱子(xiāngzi)太(tài)满(mǎn)了(le)，合不上(hébushàng)。

    My suitcase is too full. It will not close.

  2. Dengdeng

    你(nǐ)坐上去(zuòshàngqù)，我(wǒ)帮(bāng)你(nǐ)合上(héshàng)。

    Sit on it and I will help you close it.

  3. Liangliang

    合上(héshàng)了(le)！可是(kěshì)我(wǒ)的(de)鞋(xié)还(hái)在(zài)外面(wàimiàn)。

    It closed! But my shoes are still outside.

  4. Dengdeng

    那(nà)你(nǐ)穿着(chuānzhuó)去(qù)机场(jīchǎng)吧(ba)。

    Then wear them to the airport.

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In a sentence

2 examples
01

那(nà)个(ge)店(diàn)里(lǐ)没(méi)有(yǒu)合(hé)我(wǒ)尺(chǐ)寸(cùn)的(de)帽(mào)子(zi)。

There were no hats in that store that fit me.

Tatoeba: Chinese by cienias · English by CK · CC BY 2.0 FR. Simplified Chinese conversion; Pinyin added or corrected.

02

请(qǐng)把(bǎ)书(shū)合(hé)上(shàng)，我(wǒ)们(men)准(zhǔn)备(bèi)下(xià)课(kè)了(le)。

Please close the book, we are ready to finish class.

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