合法

Character by character

• 合hé6 strokesHSK 2 traditional 閤combine, unite, join; gather
• 法fǎ8 strokesHSK 2law, rule, regulation, statute; France, French

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Example sentences

• 这样合法吗？

  Zhè yàng hé fǎ ma

  Is this legal?

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Words with the same characters

These words share at least one character with 合法. Reading them together is how the character starts to stick — the same characters in a different context.

• 无法wú fǎHSK 4

  unable; incapable

• 办法bàn fǎHSK 2

  means; method; way (of doing sth)

• 方法fāng fǎHSK 2

  method; way; means

• 合作hé zuòHSK 3

  to cooperate; to collaborate; to work together; cooperation

• 法fǎHSK 4

  law; method; way; to emulate; (Buddhism) dharma; (abbr. for 家) the Legalists; (physics) farad (abbr. for 拉)

• 法律fǎ lǜHSK 4

  law

• 适合shì héHSK 3

  to fit; to suit

• 想法xiǎng fǎHSK 2

  way of thinking; opinion; notion; to think of a way (to do sth)

• 合héHSK 3

  to close; to join; to fit; to be equal to; whole; together; round (in battle); conjunction (astronomy); 1st note of pentatonic scale; old variant of 盒

• 合同hé tongHSK 4

  (business) contract

• 符合fú héHSK 4

  in keeping with; in accordance with; tallying with; in line with; to agree with; to accord with; to conform to; to correspond with; to manage; to handle

• 合理hé lǐHSK 3

  rational; reasonable; sensible; fair

• 合适hé shìHSK 2

  suitable; fitting; appropriate

• 联合lián héHSK 3

  to combine; to join; unite; alliance

• 组合zǔ héHSK 3

  to assemble; to combine; to compose; combination; association; set; compilation; (math.) combinatorial

• 法庭fǎ tíngHSK 6

  court of law

• 配合pèi héHSK 3

  matching; fitting in with; compatible with; to correspond; to fit; to conform to; rapport; to coordinate with; to act in concert with; to cooperate; to become man and wife; to combine parts of machine

• 说法shuō faHSK 5

  way of speaking; wording; formulation; one's version (of events); statement; theory; hypothesis; interpretation

• 结合jié héHSK 3

  to combine; to link; to integrate; binding

• 法院fǎ yuànHSK 4

  court of law; court

• 非法fēi fǎHSK 7

  illegal

• 看法kàn fǎHSK 2

  way of looking at a thing; view; opinion

• 法官fǎ guānHSK 4

  judge (in court)

• 违法wéi fǎHSK 5

  illegal; to break the law