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散会 (sàn huì) — (v.o.) to adjourn a meeting; to dismiss a meeting

Definition

A verb-object phrase meaning a meeting ends and people leave. Note the separable form: 散会 / 散了会 / 散完会 / 散过一次会.

verb
(v.o.) to adjourn a meetingto dismiss a meeting

Examples

  • 散会，。
    Huì yì gāng sàn huì, dà jiā jiù lù xù lí kāi le.
    The meeting had just adjourned, and people left one after another.
  • ，。
    Sàn le huì yǐ hòu, wǒ men yì qǐ qù chī fàn ba.
    After the meeting ends, let's go eat together.
  • 。
    Tā děng dào sàn wán huì cái zǒu.
    He didn't leave until the meeting was completely over.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
动宾dòngbīnVerb + object

An action followed by what it acts on, fused into one word.

散sàndisperse
会huìmeeting

散 means disperse and 会 is a meeting, so the word is to dismiss a meeting.

Characters in this word

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

  • 林林líntrees, forest
  • 攴攴pūto knock, to tap

散 combines 林 (trees or forest) and 攴 (to knock or tap), originally showing knocking to clear vegetation, later extended to breaking up or dispersing.

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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.

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