招聘会 (zhāo pìn huì) — job fair, recruitment fair

Definition

noun
job fairrecruitment fair
Measure word · 个

Examples

  • 招聘会，。
    Míng tiān yǒu yì chǎng dà xíng zhāo pìn huì, hěn duō gōng sī dōu huì cān jiā.
    There's a large job fair tomorrow, and many companies will attend.
  • 招聘会。
    Wǒ zài zhāo pìn huì shàng tóu le hǎo jǐ fèn jiǎn lì.
    I submitted several resumes at the job fair.
  • 招聘会。
    Xué xiào měi nián dōu huì wèi bì yè shēng jǔ bàn zhāo pìn huì.
    The school holds a job fair for graduates every 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.

招聘recruit and hire
招zhāorecruit聘pìnhire
联合Side by side
会huìmeeting

招聘 (recruit and hire) + 会 (meeting) names a job fair.

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
扌Written in full as手shǒuhand
Sound part声符shēngfú
召
召zhào招zhāo
Same sound today

招 pairs 扌, the hand part, with 召, which gives the sound, to show beckoning with the hand.

Open 招 →

No reliable origin is recorded for this character.

Open 聘 →

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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