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汇集 (huì jí) — to collect, gather, amass (data, materials); to converge, come together (rivers, crowds)

Definition

Means 'to collect / gather' (things or people). Compared to 汇聚 and 汇合 (mainly physical convergence), 汇集 emphasizes gathering scattered items — data, materials, troops — into one place.

verb
to collectgatheramass (data, materials)to convergecome together (rivers, crowds)

Examples

  • 汇集。
    Tā zhèng zài huì jí shì chǎng diào chá de shù jù.
    He is collecting market survey data.
  • 汇集。
    Lái zì gè dì de zhì yuàn zhě huì jí zài zhè lǐ.
    Volunteers from all over gathered here.
  • 汇集。
    Liǎng tiáo dà hé zài zhè lǐ huì jí chéng yì tiáo.
    Two big rivers converge into one here.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
联合liánhéCoordinate

Two parts of equal weight, alike or opposite in meaning, standing side by side.

汇huìgather
集jíassemble

汇 means gathering and 集 means assembling, giving the sense of collecting things into one place.

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 匯; 汇 is its simplified writing.

The simplified 汇 stands for more than one traditional character. In most words (汇, 汇款) it is 匯; in others (词汇, 汇报) it is 彙.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
匚匚fāng
Sound part声符shēngfú
淮
淮huái匯huì
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The traditional form 匯 is built from 匚 as a meaning part and 淮 as a sound part.

Open 汇 →

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

集 pairs 隹 (bird) with 木 (tree), showing birds on a tree, hence a gathering.

Open 集 →
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