欢送会 (huān sòng huì) — farewell party, farewell meeting

Definition

noun
farewell partyfarewell meeting
Measure word · 个

Examples

  • 欢送会。
    Gōng sī wèi le tuì xiū de lǎo wáng jǔ bàn le yí gè huān sòng huì.
    The company held a farewell party for the retired Wang.
  • ，欢送会。
    Bì yè qián, quán bān tóng xué yì qǐ cān jiā le huān sòng huì.
    Before graduation, the whole class attended the farewell party together.
  • 欢送会，。
    Xià zhōu wǔ huì yǒu huān sòng huì, jì de lái cān jiā.
    There will be a farewell party next Friday, remember to come.

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.

欢送send off
欢huānjoyfully送sòngsend off
偏正Modifier + head
会huìgathering

欢送 names a joyful send-off, and 会 is the gathering.

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chuòto walk
Sound part声符shēngfú
灷
灷zhuàn送sòng
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

送 combines 辶, the walking radical, with 灷, which supplies the sound; the walking part fits meanings like see off or deliver.

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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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