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附和

fùhè

to echo; to chime in with; to go along with

Three people nod in agreement behind a speaker
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Characters in this word

附 fù

Strokes
7
Radical
阝 — place, town, city
Made of
阝 place, town, city 付 give, deliver, pay, hand over
How it's built
Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
More about the character 附

和 hé

Strokes
8
Radical
口 — mouth
Made of
禾 cereal, grain, rice 口 mouth
How it's built
Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound

Example phrases

  • 会议上他没有独立判断,只是一味附和领导的意见。 Huìyì shàng tā méiyǒu dúlì pànduàn, zhǐshì yíwèi fùhè lǐngdǎo de yìjiàn. At the meeting, he made no independent judgement and merely echoed the leader's opinion.
  • 大家都说好,他也跟着附和了几句。 Dàjiā dōu shuō hǎo, tā yě gēnzhe fùhè le jǐ jù. Everyone said it was good, and he chimed in with a few words too.
  • 她从不随便附和别人,总是先想清楚再开口。 Tā cóngbù suíbiàn fùhè biéren, zǒngshì xiān xiǎng qīngchu zài kāikǒu. She never just goes along with others, and always thinks it through before speaking.

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