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再会 (zài huì) — goodbye; see you again

Definition

再会 is a more formal, written way to say goodbye — like 'farewell' or 'see you again' in letters and speeches. More literary than the everyday 再见.

idiom
goodbyesee you again

Examples

  • ，再会。
    Jīn tiān hěn gāo xìng jiàn dào nǐ, zài huì.
    It was great to see you today. Goodbye.
  • “再会”。
    Xìn de zuì hòu tā xiě le "zài huì" liǎng gè zì.
    At the end of the letter, he wrote the word “zài huì.”
  • ，，再会。
    Zhù nǐ yí lù píng ān, wǒ men hòu huì yǒu qī, zài huì.
    Wish you a safe journey. We'll meet again. Goodbye.

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.

再zàiagain
会huìmeet

再 means again and 会 means meet; together they say meet again, used as goodbye.

Characters in this word

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

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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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