和 (hé) means And (with). Below are 24 of the 30 sentences on this site that use it — with pinyin, an English translation and audio. All of them were written by hand; none is machine generated.
Dictionary examples
弟弟喜欢 和 我一起玩。
Dìdi xǐhuan hé wǒ yìqǐ wán.
My younger brother likes playing with me.
Dictionary example · HSK 2 · 弟弟
我 和 妻子一起去旅游。
Wǒ hé qīzi yìqǐ qù lǚyóu.
My wife and I travel together.
Dictionary example · HSK 2 · 妻子
他 和 朋友一起看电影。
Tā hé péngyou yìqǐ kàn diànyǐng.
He is watching a film with a friend.
Dictionary example · HSK 2 · 一起
弟弟 和 同学一起踢足球。
Dìdi hé tóngxué yìqǐ tī zúqiú.
My younger brother plays football with his classmates.
Dictionary example · HSK 2 · 踢足球
他在学习中国文化 和 历史。
Tā zài xuéxí Zhōngguó wénhuà hé lìshǐ.
He is studying Chinese culture and history.
Dictionary example · HSK 3 · 文化
From the graded readers
我 和 朋友想去公园。
wǒ hé péngyou xiǎng qù gōngyuán.
My friend and I wanted to go to the park.
Graded reader · HSK 1 · The Weather Today
我们喜欢吃米饭 和 菜。
wǒmen xǐhuan chī mǐfàn hé cài.
We like eating rice and vegetables.
Graded reader · HSK 1 · My Day
中午我 和 朋友一起吃饭。
zhōngwǔ wǒ hé péngyou yìqǐ chīfàn.
At noon I eat with my friends.
Graded reader · HSK 1 · My Day
我 和 小林是十年的朋友。
wǒ hé xiǎo lín shì shínián de / dì péngyou.
Xiaolin and I had been friends for ten years.
Graded reader · HSK 4 · A Misunderstanding
今天我 和 爸爸去饭馆吃饭。
jīntiān wǒ hé bàba qù fàn guǎn chīfàn.
Today my dad and I went to a restaurant to eat.
Graded reader · HSK 1 · At the Restaurant
我说：“我想吃米饭 和 鱼。”
wǒ shuō:" wǒ xiǎng chī mǐfàn hé yú."
I said, "I'd like rice and fish."
Graded reader · HSK 1 · At the Restaurant
星期六上午，我 和 妈妈去商店。
xīngqīliù shàngwǔ, wǒ hé māma qù shāngdiàn.
On Saturday morning my mum and I went to the shops.
Graded reader · HSK 1 · Going Shopping
桌子上边有我的电脑 和 很多书。
zhuōzi shàng biān yǒu wǒ de(possessive) diànnǎo hé hěnduō shū.
On the desk are my computer and a lot of books.
Graded reader · HSK 2 · My New Room
鸡蛋、牛奶、面包、水果 和 茶。
jīdàn, niúnǎi, miànbāo, shuǐguǒ hé chá.
Eggs, milk, bread, fruit and tea.
Graded reader · HSK 2 · At the Supermarket
路上我能看见很多人 和 很多商店。
lùshang wǒ néng kànjiàn hěnduō rén hé hěnduō shāngdiàn.
On the way I can see lots of people and lots of shops.
Graded reader · HSK 1 · Going to School
她的行李只有一个箱子 和 一个包。
tā de / dì xíngli zhǐyǒu yīgè xiāngzi hé yīgè bāo.
Her luggage was one suitcase and one bag.
Graded reader · HSK 4 · Saying Goodbye
我说：“吃了，我做了米饭 和 菜。”
wǒ shuō:" chīle, wǒ zuòle mǐfàn hé cài."
I said, "Yes — I made rice and vegetables."
Graded reader · HSK 1 · A Phone Call
火车开了以后，我看见了很多山 和 田。
huǒchē kāile yǐhòu, wǒ kànjiànle hěnduō shān hé tián.
After the train pulled out I saw a lot of hills and fields.
Graded reader · HSK 2 · The Train to Shanghai
桌子上有一个很大的蛋糕 和 很多礼物。
zhuōzi shàng yǒu yīgè hěndà de / dì dàn'gāo hé hěnduō lǐwù.
There was a big cake on the table and a lot of presents.
Graded reader · HSK 2 · An Anniversary Surprise
我家有四个人：爸爸、妈妈、哥哥 和 我。
wǒ jiā yǒu sì gèrén: bàba, māma, gēge hé wǒ.
There are four people in my family: dad, mum, my older brother and me.
Graded reader · HSK 1 · My Family
房间里有一张床、一张桌子 和 两把椅子。
fángjiān lǐ yǒu yī zhāng chuáng, yī zhāng zhuōzi hé liǎng bǎ yǐ zǐ.
In the room there's a bed, a desk and two chairs.
Graded reader · HSK 2 · My New Room
From the travel phrasebook
和 样品不一样。
Hé yàngpǐn bù yíyàng.
It isn't the same as the sample.
Travel phrasebook · Quality problems and claims
收到的 和 图片不一样。
Shōudào de hé túpiàn bù yíyàng.
What arrived isn't what the photo showed.
Travel phrasebook · Sourcing online (1688 and Alibaba)
和 appears in 30 sentences on this site; the 24 shortest and most direct are shown. The rest are on the pages they were written for — the graded readers, the phrasebook and the grammar library.
Words that contain 和
Each of these has sentences of its own, so you can see the character doing a different job in each one.
Questions about 和
How is 和 used in a sentence?
This page shows 30 sentences using 和 (hé, "And (with)"), each with pinyin, an English translation and audio. Every one of them was written by hand for this site.
Are these sentences machine generated?
No. They come from the site's own dictionary examples, graded readers, travel phrasebook and grammar library — all written by a person. A word with no sentence gets no page here, rather than a page of invented ones.
Why do some sentences show 和 inside a longer word?
Because that is where a single character usually lives. Seeing 和 inside the words it builds is how the character stops being an isolated symbol and starts being something you can read.
Is 和 an HSK word?
Yes — 和 is on the official HSK 1 vocabulary list, and you can study it with the rest of that list on the HSK 1 page.
Where can I see the full entry for 和?
The dictionary page for 和 has its stroke order, its traditional form, every sense the dictionary lists and a character-by-character breakdown. It is linked at the top of this page.
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