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交易会 (jiāo yì huì) — trade fair, trade exposition

Definition

noun
trade fairtrade exposition

Examples

  • 交易会。
    Jīn nián qiū jì de jiāo yì huì xī yǐn le lái zì wǔ shí duō gè guó jiā de cān zhǎn shāng.
    This autumn's trade fair attracted exhibitors from over fifty countries.
  • 交易会。
    Tā zài jiāo yì huì shàng qiān le yí fèn dà dìng dān.
    He signed a large order at the trade fair.
  • 交易会。
    Gōng sī měi nián dōu cān jiā zhè ge guó jì jiāo yì huì.
    The company attends this international trade fair every year.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
偏正piānzhèngModifier + head

The first part narrows down the second: it says what kind of thing the head is.

交易exchange and trade
交jiāoexchange易yìtrade
联合Coordinate
会huìmeeting

交易 (exchange and trade) and 会 (meeting) together mean a trade fair.

Characters in this word

A drawing of the thing itself, worn down over three thousand years into a few strokes.

交 originally drew a human with crossed legs. In the modern shape, the upper part resembles a standing person.

Open 交 →

A drawing of the thing itself, worn down over three thousand years into a few strokes.

The early form of 易 was a drawing of a filled container, not a chameleon. It showed something full that could be given out.

Open 易 →

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 會; 会 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
合合héto meet
Sound part声符shēngfú
𡆧
𡆧𡆧會huì
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

Traditional 會 pairs 合 (to meet) with 𡆧, an original form for ironware, to give the sound. The simplified 会 is a later shorthand, so its parts are not the original parts.

Open 会 →
Appears in
Business & Commerce

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