会审 (huì shěn) — to conduct a joint review or checkup (e.g., of a project, design, or engineering plan); to hold a joint trial or hearing (in a legal context with multiple judges)

Definition

会审 (huìshěn) means reviewing or trying a case together as a group — used for engineering plans, project designs, and legal hearings/trials where multiple parties review at once.

verb
to conduct a joint review or checkup (e.g., of a project, design, or engineering plan)to hold a joint trial or hearing (in a legal context with multiple judges)

Examples

  • 会审。
    Zhè ge gōng chéng fāng àn xū yào zhuān jiā huì shěn.
    This engineering plan needs an expert joint review.
  • 会审。
    Fǎ yuàn jué dìng duì nà qǐ zhòng dà àn jiàn jìn xíng huì shěn.
    The court decided to conduct a joint trial for that major case.
  • 会审。
    Suǒ yǒu shè jì tú zhǐ dōu yào jīng guò jì shù bù mén huì shěn cái néng shī gōng.
    All design drawings must pass a technical department joint review before construction can begin.

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.

会huìjoint/assembled
审shěnexamine/try

会 conveys joint/assembled and 审 conveys examine/try, so the word means to review or try together.

Characters in this word

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.

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Two or more meaningful parts placed together so that their meanings combine into a new one.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 審; 审 is its simplified writing.

  • 宀宀miánroof
  • 釆釆biànto distinguish
  • 田田tián

The simplified 审 abbreviates the traditional 審, which is built from 宀 (roof) and 釆 (to distinguish); the lower 田 is uncertain.

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