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博览会 (bó lǎn huì) — exposition, international fair

Definition

noun
expositioninternational fair
Measure word · 个

Examples

  • 博览会。
    Zhè ge bó lǎn huì měi liǎng nián jǔ bàn yí cì.
    This exposition is held every two years.
  • 博览会，。
    Jīn nián de bó lǎn huì guī mó fēi cháng dà, yǒu jǐ bǎi jiā qǐ yè cān jiā.
    This year's fair is very large, with hundreds of companies participating.
  • 博览会。
    bó lǎn huì Shàng zhǎn shì le hěn duō xīn jì shù chǎn pǐn.
    Many new technology products were displayed at the exposition.

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.

博览broad viewing
博bóbroad览lǎnview
偏正Modifier + head
会huìmeeting

The hanzi "博" "览" "会" mean broad, view, meeting, so together they name an exposition.

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.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
十十shíten
Sound part声符shēngfú
尃
尃fū博
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The shape comes from combining 十 (ten) with 尃; 尃 gives the sound.

Open 博 →

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 覽; 览 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
見見jiànsee
Sound part声符shēngfú
監
監jiān覽lǎn
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The traditional form 覽 uses 見, meaning see, for the sense and 監 for the sound; the simplified 览 is a later shorthand.

Open 览 →

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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HSK 3.0 Level 6HSK 2.0 Level 6Business & Commerce

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