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合同

hé tong

Old HSK 5 HSK 3.0 level 5 2-character word Measure word 份

合同 (hé tong) means "(business) contract". It is an HSK 3.0 level 5 word, and was HSK 5 in the old six-level list.

What 合同 means

1. contract; agreement

The characters in 合同

• 合héto close; to join; to fit
• 同tónglike; same; similar

Example sentences

• 别用铅笔签合同。
  Don't sign the contract in pencil.
• 他们对合同很满意。
  Tāmen duì hétong hěn mǎnyì.
  They are satisfied with the contract.
• 这份合同没有法律效力。
  This contract is null and void.
• 你在签字前必须仔细看合同。
  Nǐ zài qiānzì qián bìxū zǐxì kàn hétong.
  You must look over the contract before you sign it.
• 他们的合同在这个月底到期。
  Tāmen de hétong zài zhège yuèdǐ dàoqī.
  Their contract is to run out at the end of this month.
• 我和这家公司签了三年合同。
  This company and I have signed a contract of three years.

Words starting with 合同

• 合同法hé tong fǎcontract law
• 合同各方hé tong gè fāngparties to a contract (law)

Words containing 合同

• 劳动合同láo dòng hé tonglabor contract; contract between employer and employees governing wages and conditions
• 劳务合同láo wù hé tongservice contract
• 阴阳合同yīn yáng hé tónga deal where the parties collude to sign an under-the-table "yin contract" 阴合同 as well as…

Where 合同 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of Ethics, Law & Social Harmony (HSK 5), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

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