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商会 (shāng huì) — chamber of commerce

Definition

noun
chamber of commerce
Measure word · 家

Examples

  • 商会。
    Wǒ men gōng sī jiā rù le běn dì shāng huì.
    Our company joined the local chamber of commerce.
  • 商会。
    shāng huì Měi nián dōu huì jǔ bàn yí cì shāng yè jiāo liú huì.
    The chamber of commerce holds a business networking event every year.
  • 商会。
    Tā dāng xuǎn wèi shāng huì de huì zhǎng.
    He was elected president of the chamber of commerce.

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.

商shāngbusiness
会huìassociation

A 会 for 商, so the word means a business association.

Characters in this word

No reliable origin is recorded for this character.

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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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