合伙人 (hé huǒ rén) — partner (in a business or partnership)

Definition

noun

partner (in a business or partnership)

Measure word · 个

合伙人。
Tā shì zhè jiā gōng sī de hé huǒ rén zhī yī.
He is one of the partners of this company.
合伙人，。
Tā men cóng qù nián kāi shǐ chéng wéi hé huǒ rén, yì qǐ jīng yíng shēng yì.
They have been partners since last year, running the business together.
合伙人。
Gōng sī zhèng zài xún zhǎo xīn de hé huǒ rén lái kuò dà yè wù.
The company is looking for new partners to expand the business.

Compound word

构词法gòucífǎ

偏正piānzhèngModifier + head

The first part narrows down the second: it says what kind of thing the head is.

合伙join a group

动宾Verb + object

合伙 (join a group) specifies the kind of 人 (person), a person in a partnership.

Characters in this word

Two or more meaningful parts placed together so that their meanings combine into a new one.

亼口合

合 shows 亼 and 口 arranged as two mouths speaking together.

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.

果多夥

Meaning part形符xíngfú

Sound part声符shēngfú

果

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.

A drawing of the thing itself, worn down over three thousand years into a few strokes.

The shape of 人 shows a side view of a standing person, with an arm and a leg.

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