The Chinese word 合伙 (héhuǒ) is a compound word formed through the combination of two independent morphemes: 合 (hé), meaning "to combine", "to join", or "to unite", and 伙 (huǒ), which originally meant "a group of people" or "companions" and by extension refers to a partnership or a group. Structurally, it follows a verb-plus-object pattern where "合" acts as the action (combining) and "伙" acts as the entity acted upon (the group). Thus, the literal and logical formation is "to combine into a group", which semantically extends to mean "to form a partnership", "to pool resources", or "to collaborate in a joint venture", perfectly capturing the essence of a cooperative business or endeavor.