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报告会 (bào gào huì) — public lecture; meeting for public report

Definition

noun
public lecturemeeting for public report
Measure word · 个

Examples

  • 报告会。
    Tā zuó tiān zài bào gào huì shàng zuò le yí gè jīng cǎi de bào gào.
    He gave a wonderful report at the public lecture yesterday.
  • 报告会。
    Zhè cì bào gào huì xī yǐn le lái zì quán guó gè dì de zhuān jiā.
    This report meeting attracted experts from all over the country.
  • 报告会，。
    bào gào huì Jié shù hòu, tīng zhòng men tí chū le hěn duō wèn tí.
    After the public lecture ended, the audience asked many questions.

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.

报告report
报bàoreport告gàotell
联合Coordinate
会huìmeeting

报告 (report) and 会 (meeting) combine: a meeting where reports are given.

Characters in this word

Two or more meaningful parts placed together so that their meanings combine into a new one.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 報; 报 is its simplified writing.

  • 㚔㚔㚔handcuffs
  • 𠬝𠬝𠬝to subdue

The traditional form 報 puts 㚔 (handcuffs) beside 𠬝 (to subdue), showing someone restrained and subdued, as in convicting or punishing a guilty person. The simplified 报 is a later shorthand.

Open 报 →

Two or more meaningful parts placed together so that their meanings combine into a new one.

The origin is unclear: one theory sees 告 as 壴 (a decorated drum) above 口 (an open mouth), while another sees a tongue sticking out of 口.

Open 告 →

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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