合作

zuò

Traditional: 合作

#1022 of 5,000 Core 5000

Translation

to cooperate, cooperation, to collaborate

Word origin

A compound of 合 (hé, to join or combine) and 作 (zuò, to do or make), literally to do something jointly, hence to cooperate.

Origin
compound
Root
合 (hé, to join) + 作 (zuò, to do)

Stroke order

Stroke order for 合

Stroke order for 作

Examples

We should cooperate with each other.

The two companies decided to collaborate.

Thank you for your cooperation.

jìng

Cooperation is more important than competition.

He is hard to work with.

合作 (hé zuò) means to cooperate, cooperation, to collaborate. It works as both a verb and a noun in work contexts.

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This word is part of lesson 21.