合谋 (hé móu) — to conspire; to plot together | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

verb

to conspireto plot together

Examples

合谋。
Tā men hé móu zuò le wéi fǎ de shì qing.
They conspired to do something illegal.
合谋。
Zhè liǎng gè jí tuán hé móu cāo zòng shì chǎng.
These two groups conspired to manipulate the market.
合谋。
Tā bèi jǐ gè tóng shì hé móu pái jǐ.
He was ostracized by several colleagues through conspiracy.

Origin

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hétogether

“合” gives together and “谋” gives plot, so jointly plotting a scheme.

Characters in this word

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

亼口合

亼亼jí
口口kǒumouth

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 謀; 谋 is its simplified writing.

言某謀

Meaning part形符xíngfú

Sound part声符shēngfú

某

某mǒu謀móu

Same sound today

The traditional form 謀 uses 言 to show it relates to speech and 某 to show its sound; the simplified 谋 is a later shorthand.

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