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协和

協和
xiéhé
adjective #39,068

Meanings

  1. 1 harmonious; to harmonize; concord
  2. 2 (music) consonant

Examples

协和音程听起来很舒服。
Xiéhé yīnchéng tīng qǐlái hěn shūfu.
Consonant intervals sound pleasant.
他在北京协和医院做手术。
Tā zài Běijīng Xiéhé Yīyuàn zuò shǒushù.
He's having surgery at Peking Union Medical College Hospital.

Tips

culture
As a proper noun, 协和 is the Chinese name of Peking Union Medical College (PUMC, 北京协和医学院) and its hospital 北京协和医院 — founded 1917 by the Rockefeller Foundation and still one of the most prestigious hospitals in China. The word 协和 ("to harmonize") was picked as a calque of "Union". Also the Chinese name of the Concorde supersonic jet (协和式飞机).
register
In everyday speech most commonly encountered as part of institutional names (协和医院, 协和学院). The bare adjective 协和 (harmonious) is formal/literary — colloquially you'd use 和谐.

Stroke Order

协 xié
和 hé