Chinese

合作

/xɤ³⁵ t͡su̯ɔ⁵¹/
to cooperate; to collaborate; to work together
  • HSK 3
  • TOCFL 4

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Origin

Phono-semantic matching of Tibetan གཙོས (gtsos). Replaced 黑錯／黑错, the previous transliteration of the same Tibetan name, in 1956.

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Lineage

  • characterChinese合 “to close; to shut”
    • ideaChinese亼 “mouth”
      • ideaChinese入 “to enter; to go into”
      • ideaChinese一 “one”
    • ideaChinese口 “mouth, especially the lips and internal mouth cavity (Classifier: 把 c)”
  • characterChinese作 “to get up (from a place)”
    • meaningChinese人 “man; person; people (Classifier: 個／个 m c; 隻／只 h)”
    • soundChinese乍 “suddenly”
  • borrowedTibetanགཙོས

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