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故事会 (gù shì huì) — storytelling session; a gathering where people tell stories

Definition

noun
storytelling sessiona gathering where people tell stories
Measure word · 个

Examples

  • 故事会，。
    Jīn wǎn shè qū zhōng xīn yǒu yí gè gù shì huì, nǐ kě yǐ qù tīng tīng.
    There's a storytelling session at the community center tonight — you can go listen.
  • 故事会，。
    Tā jīng cháng zài tú shū guǎn zhǔ chí gù shì huì, fēn xiǎng mín jiān chuán shuō.
    He often hosts storytelling sessions at the library, sharing folktales.
  • 故事会。
    Zhè jiā shū diàn zhōu mò huì jǔ bàn ér tóng gù shì huì.
    This bookstore holds children's storytelling sessions on weekends.

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.

故事story
故gùold事shìaffair
偏正Modifier + head
会huìmeeting

故事 refers to tales, and 会 denotes a gathering for telling them.

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
攵Written in full as攴pū
Sound part声符shēngfú
古
古gǔ故gù
Same sound today

故 uses 古 for the sound and 攵, written in full as 攴, for the meaning.

Open 故 →

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

In 事, 又 is a hand and 中 is a flagpole with a drum; holding a flag in hand depicts performing a job.

Open 事 →

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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