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

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.

几张桌子拼拢就成了一张大餐桌。

Jǐ zhāng zhuōzi pīnlǒng jiù chéngle 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 (pīncòu) or 组装 (zǔzhuāng, to assemble).

Stroke Order

拼 pīn

拢 lǒng