欢迎会 (huān yíng huì) — welcoming party

Definition

noun
welcoming party

Examples

  • 欢迎会。
    Gōng sī wèi xīn yuán gōng jǔ bàn le huān yíng huì.
    The company held a welcoming party for the new employees.
  • 欢迎会。
    Zhè chǎng huān yíng huì shì wèi le huān yíng xīn tóng xué.
    This welcoming party is for welcoming the new classmates.
  • 欢迎会。
    Xiè xie dà jiā lái cān jiā huān yíng huì.
    Thank you all for coming to the welcoming party.

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.

欢迎welcome
欢huānjoy迎yíngwelcome
偏正Modifier + head
会huìmeeting

欢 and 迎 give welcome; 会 is a gathering, hence a welcoming party.

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.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 歡; 欢 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
欠欠qiàn
Sound part声符shēngfú
雚
雚guàn歡huān
Same sound today

The traditional form 歡 uses 雚 for the sound and 欠 for the meaning; the simplified 欢 is a later shorthand, so its parts do not carry that history.

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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.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
辶Written in full as辵chuò
Sound part声符shēngfú
卬
卬áng迎yíng
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

迎 is made of 辶 (written fully as 辵) for the meaning and 卬 for the sound.

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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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