zou2 hap6組合组合
Jyutpingzou2 hap6
Yalejóu hahp
Definition
To combine, make up, or assemble people or things into a whole.
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How it's used
While often used as a verb to describe the act of combining, this word is frequently used as a noun to refer to a musical group or a team. When used as a verb, it implies a deliberate process of putting distinct elements together to form a cohesive whole. It carries a slightly more formal or technical tone compared to the simpler verb 砌.
Examples
They combined together to work.
When was this group formed?
Related words
Common mistake
Learners often confuse this with 組織, which refers specifically to organizing people into an institution or structure. Use 組合 when focusing on the composition or the resulting group, and 組織 when focusing on the act of management or institutional formation.
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Grammar guides
- Directional complementsThe small words added after a verb to show direction of movement, like up, down, out, in, and back. Common in everyday Cantonese.
- DemonstrativesThis and that with 呢 and 嗰, the personal pronouns, and how 哋 turns I, you, and he into we, you all, and they.
- Resultative complementsSticking a result word onto a verb to show how it turned out, like eat until full or look and find. A productive everyday pattern.
