合作 hézuò to cooperate
to cooperate; to collaborate; to work together
How to remember 合作: 合 join together + 作 do = to cooperate.
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How it is used
- Verb/noun everywhere in business and daily life: 双方合作 (shuāngfāng hézuò) - the two sides cooperate, 合作伙伴 (hézuò huǒbàn) - business partner.
- 合作愉快 (hézuò yúkuài), pleasant cooperation, is a standard closing line in business meetings and emails.
- Different from 帮助 (bāngzhù), one-directional help - 合作 implies working together as relative equals toward a shared goal, not one side aiding the other.
Example sentences
- 我需要你们的合作。 Wǒ xūyào nǐmen de hézuò.I need your cooperation.
- 祝我们合作愉快！ Zhù wǒmen hézuò yúkuài!Here's wishing that we have a pleasant cooperation!
- 这两个男人是生意上的合作伙伴。 Zhè liǎnggè nánrén shì shēngyì shàng de hézuòhuǒbàn.The two men were business partners.