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组成

zǔ chéng · zu cheng

Traditional 組成

HSK 2Old HSK 4

Meaning

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  1. to form
  2. to make up
  3. to constitute
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A basketball team

  1. Dengdeng

    我们(wǒmen)组成(zǔchéng)一个(yīgè)篮球队(lánqiúduì)吧(ba)！

    Let's form a basketball team!

  2. Liangliang

    一个(yīgè)队(duì)要(yào)五个人(wǔgèrén)，我们(wǒmen)现在(xiànzài)才(cái)三个人(sāngèrén)。

    A team needs five people. We only have three now.

  3. Qiqi

    我(wǒ)再(zài)叫(jiào)两个(liǎnggè)朋友(péngyou)来(lái)，我们(wǒmen)就(jiù)能(néng)组成(zǔchéng)一个(yīgè)队(duì)了(le)。

    I'll call two more friends, then we can form a team.

  4. Liangliang

    那(nà)我们(wǒmen)的(de)队名(duìmíng)叫(jiào)什么(shénme)？

    What shall we call the team?

  5. Dengdeng

    就(jiù)叫(jiào)五个人队(wǔgèrénduì)。

    The Five-Person Team.

  6. Liangliang

    太(tài)随便(suíbiàn)了(le)。

    That's too casual.

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In a sentence

2 examples
01

我(wǒ)们(men)呼(hū)吸(xī)的(de)空(kōng)气(qì)是(shì)由(yóu)氧(yǎng)气(qì)和(hé)氮(dàn)气(qì)组(zǔ)成(chéng)的(de)。

The air we breathe consists of oxygen and nitrogen.

Tatoeba: Chinese by BobbyLee · English by CM · CC BY 2.0 FR. Pinyin added or corrected.

02

这(zhè)个(ge)委(wěi)员(yuán)会(huì)由(yóu)十(shí)名(míng)成(chéng)员(yuán)组(zǔ)成(chéng)。

This committee is made up of ten members.

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组
zǔ

to form; to organize

成
chéng

to succeed; to finish

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