和 (hé) means And (with). Below are 24 of the 141 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
和 他交往很轻松。
Hé tā jiāowǎng hěn qīngsōng.
It is easy to get along with him.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 交往
有事请 和 我联系。
Yǒu shì qǐng hé wǒ liánxì.
Please get in touch with me if anything comes up.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 系
天气逐渐暖 和 了。
Tiānqì zhújiàn nuǎnhuo le.
The weather is gradually getting warmer.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 逐渐
请填写姓名 和 性别。
Qǐng tiánxiě xìngmíng hé xìngbié.
Please fill in your name and sex.
Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 性别
西餐要用刀 和 叉子。
Xīcān yào yòng dāo hé chāzi.
Western food is eaten with a knife and fork.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 叉子
我想单独 和 你谈谈。
Wǒ xiǎng dāndú hé nǐ tántan.
I would like to speak with you alone.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 单独
理论要 和 实际结合。
Lǐlùn yào hé shíjì jiéhé.
Theory must be joined to practice.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 理论
工作 和 生活要平衡。
Gōngzuò hé shēnghuó yào pínghéng.
Work and life need to be balanced.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 平衡
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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
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 141 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
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Questions about 和
How is 和 used in a sentence?
This page shows 141 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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