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入伙 (rù huǒ) — to join an enterprise or undertaking (as a partner or member); to join a group meal plan (e.g., in a company or school canteen); to join a gang or bandit group (archaic or in fiction)

Definition

入伙 means 'to join' a shared enterprise or meal plan (e.g., a company cafeteria). It often implies becoming a participant/partner, and in historical or fictional contexts, joining a bandit gang.

verb
to join an enterprise or undertaking (as a partner or member)to join a group meal plan (e.g., in a company or school canteen)to join a gang or bandit group (archaic or in fiction)

Examples

  • 入伙。
    Tā jué dìng rù huǒ nà ge xīn xiàng mù.
    He decided to join that new project.
  • ，。
    Wǒ men gōng sī yǒu shí táng, hěn duō tóng shì dōu rù le huǒ.
    Our company has a cafeteria, and many colleagues have joined the meal plan.
  • ，入伙。
    Zài xiǎo shuō lǐ, nà xiē tǔ fěi bú ràng tā rù huǒ.
    In the novel, those bandits wouldn't let him join the gang.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
动宾dòngbīnVerb + object

An action followed by what it acts on, fused into one word.

入rùenter
伙huǒpartnership

入 means enter and 伙 means group or partnership, giving joining a shared undertaking.

Characters in this word

An abstract idea shown by a mark or a diagram rather than by a picture of an object.

入 is drawn as an arrowhead, indicating 'to enter'.

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Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 夥; 伙 is its simplified writing.

The simplified 伙 stands for more than one traditional character. In most words (大伙儿, 伙) it is 夥; in others (小伙子) it is 伙.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
多多duō
Sound part声符shēngfú
果
果guǒ夥huǒ
Close in sound todayThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The traditional form 夥 combines 多 (many) with 果 as a sound part. The simplified 伙 is a shorthand, so its parts are not the historical parts.

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