朗诵会 (lǎng sòng huì) — poetry reading (event), recitation session

Definition

noun
poetry reading (event)recitation session

Examples

  • 朗诵会。
    Wǒ bào míng cān jiā le míng tiān de lǎng sòng huì.
    I signed up for tomorrow's poetry reading.
  • 朗诵会。
    Zhè chǎng lǎng sòng huì xī yǐn le shàng bǎi wèi guān zhòng.
    This recitation session attracted over a hundred audience members.
  • 朗诵会。
    Tā zài lǎng sòng huì shàng lǎng sòng le yì shǒu gǔ shī.
    She recited an ancient poem at the recitation event.

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.

朗诵recitation
朗lǎngclear aloud诵sòngrecite
偏正Modifier + head
会huìgathering

The 会 is a gathering for 朗诵, where 朗 means clear aloud and 诵 means recite.

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
月月yuèmoon
Sound part声符shēngfú
良
良liáng朗lǎng
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

朗 pairs 月, the moon, with 良 as a sound part.

Open 朗 →

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 誦; 诵 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
言言yán
Sound part声符shēngfú
甬
甬yǒng誦sòng
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The traditional form 誦 pairs 言 (words) with 甬 to give the sound; the simplified 诵 is a later shorthand.

Open 诵 →

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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