靠拢
kàolǒng
to move closer; to draw near; to align with
Characters in this word
拢 lǒng
- Strokes
- 8
- Radical
- 扌 — hand
- Made of
- 扌 hand 龙 dragon
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 几家小型出版社开始向大型平台靠拢，以换取更稳定的发行渠道。 Jǐ jiā xiǎoxíng chūbǎnshè kāishǐ xiàng dàxíng píngtái kàolǒng, yǐ huànqǔ gèng wěndìng de fāxíng qúdào. Several small publishers began to align themselves with large platforms in exchange for more stable distribution channels.
- 天气变冷，小鸡们都向母鸡身边靠拢。 Tiānqì biàn lěng, xiǎojīmen dōu xiàng mǔjī shēnbiān kàolǒng. As the weather turned cold, the chicks all huddled close to the hen.
- 请大家向中间靠拢一点，我给你们拍张照。 Qǐng dàjiā xiàng zhōngjiān kàolǒng yìdiǎn, wǒ gěi nǐmen pāi zhāng zhào. Everyone please move a bit closer to the middle and I'll take a photo of you.
Related words
- 靠 kào to be next to; to lean against
- 可靠 kěkào reliable
- 依靠 yīkào to rely on
- 靠近 kàojìn to get close to; near
- 拉拢 lālǒng to win over; to draw in
- 挪 nuó to move; to shift
- 空洞 kōngdòng hollow; empty; vacuous
- 挤压 jǐyā to squeeze; to compress; to put pressure on
- 空荡荡 kōngdàngdàng empty; deserted; spacious and bare
- 卡 qiǎ to get stuck; to jam; checkpoint
- 空白 kòngbái blank; gap
- 翘 qiào to stick up; to tilt upward