Why Chinese People Love This Character: A Guide to the Polyphonic Character “和”

1. "hè": Meaning to follow someone else's speech or singing. Commonly used phrase: "一唱一和" (yí chàng yí hè) - "Singing in harmony". For example, "你们两个怎么一唱一和的?" (nǐ men liǎng gè zěn me yí chàng yí hè de?)
2. "huò": Meaning mixing or blending. Commonly used phrase: "和稀泥" (huò xī ní) - "Being wishy-washy". For example, "别在这和稀泥" (bié zài zhè huò xī ní) - "Don't be wishy-washy here."
3. "huó": Meaning to mix or knead with liquid. Commonly used in culinary contexts, such as making dough for various dishes.
4. "hú": Meaning harmony or winning in mahjong. For example, "打麻将，赢了，就叫“和牌”" (dǎ má jiàng, yíng le, jiù jiào "hú pái") - "Playing mahjong, winning is called 'and tiles'".

[@Sky647-]

和 as "huò" or "huó" is new to me, but "和稀泥" is a good phrase to know. I always like learning about new 成语 as well, sometimes the literal translation make them hard to know the meaning but "一唱一和" makes sense to me. Thank you for the video

[@Lily_Chinese]

I'm delighted that my video has been helpful to you. Let's keep exploring the unknown together.

[@Sky647-]

@@Lily_Chinese Looking forward to the next one 🙂

[@jarekzawadzki]

和这个字还有两个你没有提出的发音：huo（暖和）以及hàn，就是连词用法，不过好像只是台湾的国语才会这样用而已了。