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校友会 (xiào yǒu huì) — alumni association

Definition

noun
alumni association
Measure word · 个

Examples

  • 校友会。
    Wǒ men xué xiào de xiào yǒu huì měi nián dōu jǔ bàn yí cì jù huì.
    Our school's alumni association holds a gathering every year.
  • 校友会，。
    Tā jiā rù le xiào yǒu huì, rèn shi le hěn duō lǎo tóng xué.
    He joined the alumni association and got to know many old classmates.
  • 校友会。
    xiào yǒu huì Bāng zhù bì yè shēng zhǎo dào gōng zuò jī huì.
    The alumni association helps graduates find job opportunities.

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.

校友school friends
校xiàoschool友yǒufriend
偏正Modifier + head
会huìassociation

“校友” gives school friends, “会” gives association, together an alumni association.

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
木木mùtree
Sound part声符shēngfú
交
交jiāo校jiào
Close in sound todayThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

校 is built from 木 (tree) on the left and 交 on the right, which supplies the sound.

Open 校 →

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

友 is drawn as two 又, the hand form, side by side. The old explanation says two hands together mean friendship.

Open 友 →

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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