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组

HSK 2Character · Verb · Noun · Classifier · AdjectiveTraditional組

organize; group; classifier; set

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Meanings

4 senses · 20 examples
1.

verb

to organize; to form a group

Used for assembling people or items into a structured unit.

Wǒ我
men们
zǔ组
le了
yī一
gè个
xué学
xí习
xiǎo小
zǔ组
 。

We formed a study group.

Lǎo老
shī师
ràng让
wǒ我
men们
zǔ组
zì字
yóu游
xì戏
 。

The teacher had us play a character forming game.

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Shí十
gè个
rén人
zǔ组
chéng成
yī一
gè个
fēn分
duì队
 。

Ten people formed a sub-team.

Tā他
men们
zǔ组
le了
yī一
gè个
zhì志
yuàn愿
zhě者
tuán团
duì队
 。

They organized a volunteer team.

Zhè这
ge个
huó活
dòng动
yóu由
xué学
shēng生
zì自
fā发
zǔ组
bàn办
 。

This event was organized spontaneously by students.

2.

noun

group; team; unit

Refers to a small organized group of people for a specific purpose.

Wǒ我
men们
bān班
fēn分
chéng成
le了
wǔ五
gè个
xiǎo小
zǔ组
 。

Our class is divided into five small groups.

Zǔ组
zhǎng长
zhèng正
zài在
ān安
pái排
jīn今
tiān天
de的
rèn任
wu务
 。

The group leader is arranging today's tasks.

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Zhè这
ge个
hù互
zhù助
zǔ组
bāng帮
zhù助
le了
hěn很
duō多
lǎo老
rén人
 。

This mutual aid group has helped many elderly people.

Rén人
shì事
zǔ组
fù负
zé责
zhāo招
pìn聘
xīn新
yuán员
gōng工
 。

The human resources group is responsible for hiring new staff.

Dú读
bào报
zǔ组
měi每
tiān天
zǎo早
shàng上
dōu都
huì会
jù聚
jí集
jiāo交
liú流
 。

The newspaper reading group gathers to communicate every morning.

3.

classifier

classifier for grouped items

Used to count sets or collections of matching items.

Wǒ我
mǎi买
le了
liǎng两
zǔ组
diàn电
chí池
 。

I bought two sets of batteries.

Lǎo老
shī师
gěi给
wǒ我
men们
fā发
le了
sān三
zǔ组
liàn练
xí习
tí题
 。

The teacher gave us three sets of practice questions.

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Zhè这
ge个
shí实
yàn验
xū需
yào要
wǔ五
zǔ组
shù数
jù据
 。

This experiment requires five sets of data.

Shāng商
diàn店
lǐ里
yǒu有
sì四
zǔ组
pèi配
tào套
de的
cān餐
jù具
 。

There are four sets of matching tableware in the store.

Tā他
shōu收
jí集
le了
sān三
zǔ组
bù不
tóng同
de的
biāo标
běn本
 。

He collected three different sets of specimens.

4.

adjective

collected; grouped; in a set

formal

Describes creative works that are created or published as a unified set.

Shī诗
rén人
chū出
bǎn版
le了
yī一
zǔ组
xīn新
de的
shī诗
gē歌
 。

The poet published a new collection of poems.

Zhè这
ge个
huà画
zhǎn展
zhǎn展
chū出
le了
yī一
zǔ组
shān山
shuǐ水
huà画
zuò作
 。

This art exhibition features a set of landscape paintings.

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Zuò作
qǔ曲
jiā家
chuàng创
zuò作
le了
yī一
zǔ组
gǔ古
diǎn典
yuè乐
qǔ曲
 。

The composer created a set of classical music pieces.

Zhè这
ge个
zhuān专
jí辑
shōu收
lù录
le了
yī一
zǔ组
lì励
zhì志
gē歌
qǔ曲
 。

This album includes a set of motivational songs.

Jiào教
shòu授
dài带
lǐng领
xué学
shēng生
zuò做
le了
yī一
zǔ组
duì对
bǐ比
shí实
yàn验
 。

The professor led students to conduct a set of comparative experiments.