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总会 (zǒng huì) — (noun) headquarters of an association; central organization; (adverbial phrase) will inevitably; is bound to; will eventually happen

Definition

总会 has two distinct uses: as a noun it means the 'headquarters / central body' of an organization (e.g., 作协会总会); as a phrase it means 'will inevitably / is bound to' — a soft inevitability, weaker than 必定 and closer to 'eventually, always will'.

noun
headquarters of an associationcentral organization(adverbial phrase) will inevitablyis bound towill eventually happen
Measure word · 个

Examples

  • 总会。
    Tā cān jiā le zhōng guó zuò jiā xié huì de zǒng huì.
    He joined the headquarters of the Chinese Writers Association.
  • ，总会。
    Zhǐ yào nǐ nǔ lì, zǒng huì yǒu chéng gōng de yì tiān.
    As long as you work hard, you will succeed one day.
  • ，总会。
    Wèn tí zài nán, zǒng huì néng zhǎo dào jiě jué bàn fǎ.
    No matter how difficult the problem is, a solution can always be found.

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.

总zǒngchief; general
会huìassociation

总 means chief or general, and 会 means association; together they refer to the central body of an organization.

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 總; 总 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
糸糸mìrope
Sound part声符shēngfú
悤
悤cōng總zǒng
Close in sound todayThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The traditional form 總 has 糸, a rope, and 悤 as a sound part; the rope part is for binding together. This account is for 總, not for 总.

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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.

Open 会 →
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