巧
合

Coincidence in Chinese: 巧合 (qiǎo hé)

qiǎo hé

coincidence

HSK 3.0 Levels 7-91 example sentence

Definitions

  1. 1coincidence
  2. 2coincidental
  3. 3to coincide

Stroke order

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巧
合

Zhuyin

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ㄑㄧㄠˇ

qiǎo

ㄑ/ qㄧ/ iㄠ/ aoˇ/ third tone

ㄏㄜˊ

hé

ㄏ/ hㄜ/ eˊ/ second tone

Example sentences

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  • 我们在国外相遇真是个巧合。

    wǒ men zài guó wài xiàng yù zhēn shì gè qiǎo hé。

    Running into each other abroad was really a coincidence.

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Related words

合

hé

to close

巧

qiǎo

opportunely

符合

fú hé

in keeping with

合格

hé gé

to meet the standard required

合适

hé shì

suitable

集合

jí hé

to gather

适合

shì hé

to fit

合法

hé fǎ

lawful

合理

hé lǐ

rational

合同

hé tong

(business) contract

合影

hé yǐng

to take a joint photo

合作

hé zuò

to cooperate

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