拼拢

拼攏

pīnlǒng

verb

Meanings

1 to put together (pieces)
2 to piece together / assemble

Characters

to piece together

to draw together

Examples

HSK 6

把这些碎片拼拢，能看出原来是个花瓶。

Bǎ zhèxiē suìpiàn pīnlǒng, néng kànchū yuánlái shì gè huāpíng.

Put these fragments together and you can see it was originally a vase.

HSK 6

几张桌子拼拢就成了一张大餐桌。

Jǐ zhāng zhuōzi pīnlǒng jiù chéng le yī zhāng dà cānzhuō.

A few tables pushed together make one large dining table.

Tips

usage

Combines 拼 (pīn, 'to piece together', as in 拼图 jigsaw) with the resultative 拢 (lǒng, 'to draw close together'). More casual and concrete than the formal 拼凑 or 组装 (to assemble).

Stroke Order

拼 pīn

拢 lǒng