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大会 (dà huì) — general assembly; conference; convention

Definition

大会 is a large, formal assembly or conference (often with hundreds of attendees) — bigger and more official than the everyday 会议. Typical pairings: 召开/举行 大会.

noun
general assemblyconferenceconvention
Measure word · 个, 届

Examples

  • 大会。
    Zhè cì dà huì yǒu sān bǎi duō rén cān jiā.
    Over 300 people attended this conference.
  • 大会。
    Xià yí jiè dà huì jiāng zài míng nián wǔ yuè jǔ xíng.
    The next general assembly will be held in May next year.
  • 大会。
    Wǒ men xué xiào měi nián kāi yí cì dà huì.
    Our school holds a general meeting once a year.

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.

大dàlarge
会huìmeeting

大 (large) and 会 (meeting) combine to mean a large meeting or assembly.

Characters in this word

A drawing of the thing itself, worn down over three thousand years into a few strokes.

The form 大 is a picture of a person standing and facing forward, not of someone stretching their arms.

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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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