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研讨会 (yán tǎo huì) — seminar; symposium

Definition

noun
seminarsymposium
Measure word · 个

Examples

  • 研讨会。
    Wǒ xià ge yuè yào cān jiā yí gè yán tǎo huì.
    I'm going to attend a seminar next month.
  • 研讨会。
    Zhè ge yán tǎo huì yāo qǐng le sān wèi zhuān jiā zuò bào gào.
    This symposium invited three experts to give presentations.
  • 研讨会，。
    Zài jīn tiān de yán tǎo huì shàng, wǒ xué dào le hěn duō xīn zhī shi.
    At today's seminar, I learned a lot of new knowledge.

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.

研讨study and discuss
研yánstudy讨tǎodiscuss
联合Coordinate
会huìmeeting

研 and 讨 give the study-and-discussion idea, while 会 marks a gathering, so the result is a meeting for studying and discussing topics.

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
石石shí
Sound part声符shēngfú
幵
幵jiān研yán
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

In 研, the left part 石 is a stone-related component, and the right part 幵 gives the sound.

Open 研 →

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 討; 讨 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
言言yán
Sound part声符shēngfú
肘
肘zhǒu討tǎo
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The traditional form 討 pairs 言 (speech) with a shortened form of 肘 for sound; an old reading took 言 plus 寸 (hand) as 'rectify'. The simplified 讨 is a shorthand, so its parts are not historical components.

Open 讨 →

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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