展销会 (zhǎn xiāo huì) — trade fair, exhibition and sales event

Definition

noun
trade fairexhibition and sales event
Measure word · 个

Examples

  • 展销会。
    Xià zhōu yǒu yí gè dà xíng qì chē zhǎn xiāo huì.
    There's a big auto trade fair next week.
  • 展销会。
    Hěn duō gōng sī dōu huì cān jiā zhè cì zhǎn xiāo huì.
    Many companies will attend this trade fair.
  • 展销会。
    Wǒ men zài zhǎn xiāo huì shàng qiān le bù shǎo dìng dān.
    We signed quite a few orders at the trade fair.

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.

展销exhibit and sell
展zhǎndisplay销xiāosell
联合Side by side
会huìevent

展销 combines display and sale, and 会 is an event; together a display-and-sale event.

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
尸尸shī
Sound part声符shēngfú
𧝑
𧝑𧝑展zhǎn
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

展 is built from 尸 and 𧝑. The 𧝑 part points to fine red silk clothes and also contains the idea of opening or extending.

Open 展 →

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 銷; 销 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
金金jīn
Sound part声符shēngfú
肖
肖xiào銷xiāo
Same sound today

The traditional form 銷 pairs 金 (metal) with 肖 as a sound part; simplified 销 is a later shorthand, and its parts are not historical components.

Open 销 →

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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