演讲会 (yǎn jiǎng huì) — lecture meeting, speech conference

Definition

A formal gathering centered on one or more speeches or talks — larger than 演讲 itself, which is the act of giving a speech. Translates most naturally as 'lecture' or 'speech event'.

noun
lecture meetingspeech conference
Measure word · 个

Examples

  • 演讲会。
    Tā cān jiā le yí gè guān yú huán jìng bǎo hù de yǎn jiǎng huì.
    He attended a lecture meeting about environmental protection.
  • 演讲会。
    Xué xiào měi nián dōu huì jǔ bàn yí cì dà xíng yǎn jiǎng huì.
    The school holds a large lecture meeting every year.
  • 演讲会。
    Zuó tiān de yǎn jiǎng huì yāo qǐng le hǎo jǐ wèi zhù míng zhuān jiā.
    Yesterday's lecture meeting invited several famous experts.

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.

演讲speech
演yǎnexpound讲jiǎngspeak
联合Side by side
会huìmeeting

Speech plus meeting means an event where someone gives a talk.

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
氵Written in full as水shuǐ
Sound part声符shēngfú
寅
寅yín演yǎn
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

演 pairs 氵 (water) with 寅, which gives the sound yín.

Open 演 →

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 講; 讲 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
言言yánsay
Sound part声符shēngfú
冓
冓gòu講jiǎng
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The traditional form 講 puts 言, say, beside 冓, which gave it its sound; the simplified 讲 is a later abbreviation.

Open 讲 →

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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