TongTong
Sign in

团伙 (tuán huǒ) — (noun) criminal gang, organized crime group

Definition

团伙 specifically denotes a criminal gang — a group formed to commit crimes together. Unlike 同伙 (which means individual accomplice or 'partner in crime'), 团伙 names the group as a whole.

noun
criminal gangorganized crime group
Measure word · 个

Examples

  • 团伙。
    Zhè ge tuán huǒ zài chéng lǐ zuò le hěn duō huài shì.
    This gang did a lot of bad things in the city.
  • 团伙。
    Jǐng chá huā le yì nián shí jiān cái cuī huǐ le zhè ge tuán huǒ.
    The police spent a year to destroy this gang destroying this.
  • 团伙。
    Wǒ men bì xū fáng zhǐ zhè zhǒng tuán huǒ wēi hài shè huì.
    We must prevent this kind of gang from harming society.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
联合liánhéCoordinate

Two parts of equal weight, alike or opposite in meaning, standing side by side.

团tuángroup
伙huǒband

团 (group) and 伙 (band) together name a criminal group.

Characters in this word

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 團; 团 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
囗囗wéi
Sound part声符shēngfú
專
專zhuān團tuán
Close in sound todayThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The form 團 combines 囗 as a meaning part with 專 as a sound part; the story is about 團, not about 团.

Open 团 →

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.

Open 伙 →
Appears in
HSK 3.0 Level 7-9Crime & Police

Browse more HSK 7-9 words or search the full 43,000-word dictionary.