动员会 (dòng yuán huì) — mobilization meeting; kickoff meeting

Definition

noun
mobilization meetingkickoff meeting

Examples

  • 。
    Gōng sī míng tiān kāi dòng yuán huì.
    The company is having a mobilization meeting tomorrow.
  • 动员会。
    Zhè cì dòng yuán huì de mù dì shì ràng dà jiā liǎo jiě xiàng mù jì huà.
    The purpose of this mobilization meeting is to let everyone understand the project plan.
  • 动员会。
    Zuó tiān nà chǎng dòng yuán huì kāi dé hěn chéng gōng.
    That mobilization meeting yesterday was very successful.

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.

动员mobilize
动dòngmove员yuánpeople
动宾Verb + object
会huìmeeting

动 means to move and 员 means people, so 动员 is to mobilize; 会 is a meeting.

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 動; 动 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
力力lìstrength
Sound part声符shēngfú
重
重zhòng動dòng
Close in sound todayThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The traditional form 動 uses 力 (strength) and 重 as a sound part; 重 refers to a heavy bag ready to be moved by a human. This note is about 動, not 动.

Open 动 →

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 員; 员 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
鼎鼎dǐngding
Sound part声符shēngfú
〇
〇líng員yuán
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

In the traditional form 員, 〇 supplies the sound and 鼎 supplies the meaning; the simplified 员 is a shortened form.

Open 员 →

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 →

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