团 tuán
- Strokes
- 6
- Radical
- 囗 — enclosure
- Made of
- 囗 enclosure 才 ability, talent, gift
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
团伙
tuánhuǒ
gang; criminal group; clique
Characters in this word
伙 huǒ
- Strokes
- 6
- Radical
- 亻 — man, person
- Made of
- 亻 man, person 火 fire, flame
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 警方摧毁了一个长期操纵网络诈骗的跨省团伙。 Jǐngfāng cuīhuǐ le yí ge chángqī cāozòng wǎngluò zhàpiàn de kuàshěng tuánhuǒ. The police destroyed an interprovincial gang that had long manipulated online fraud schemes.
- 这个诈骗团伙用电话骗走了几十位老人的积蓄。 Zhège zhàpiàn tuánhuǒ yòng diànhuà piànzǒu le jǐshí wèi lǎorén de jīxù. This fraud gang used phone calls to cheat dozens of elderly people out of their savings.
- 经过三个月的调查，警方终于抓住了这个团伙的头目。 Jīngguò sān gè yuè de diàochá, jǐngfāng zhōngyú zhuāzhù le zhège tuánhuǒ de tóumù. After three months of investigation, the police finally caught the gang's leader.
Related words
- 代表团 dàibiǎotuán delegation
- 团 tuán group; lump
- 团结 tuánjié unity; to unite
- 团体 tuántǐ organization; group
- 集团 jítuán business group
- 团长 tuánzhǎng regimental commander
- 团圆 tuányuán to reunite
- 谜团 mítuán mystery; enigma
- 社团 shètuán association; club; society
- 团聚 tuánjù to reunite; reunion
- 团员 tuányuán group member; Youth League member
- 伙 huǒ group of people