研讨班 (yán tǎo bān) — seminar; workshop

Definition

A 研讨班 is a 'seminar' — a small-group academic meeting where participants discuss a topic. 比 '讲座' (jiǎngzuò, a one-to-many lecture) more interactive and participatory.

noun
seminarworkshop
Measure word · 个

Examples

  • 研讨班。
    Wǒ men cān jiā le zhè ge yán tǎo bān.
    We attended this seminar.
  • 研讨班。
    Zhè ge yán tǎo bān de zhǔ tí shì rén gōng zhì néng.
    The theme of this seminar is artificial intelligence.
  • 研讨班。
    Tā zài yán tǎo bān shàng zuò le bào gào.
    He gave a report at the seminar.

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Side by side
班bānclass

研 and 讨 mean study and discuss, together describing a 班 class or group.

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.

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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 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.

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

  • 珏珏juépieces of jade
  • 刀刀dāoknife

班 shows 珏, pieces of jade, and 刀, a knife, cutting them into pieces.

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