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见面会 (jiàn miàn huì) — meet-and-greet; fan meeting

Definition

noun
meet-and-greetfan meeting
Measure word · 个

Examples

  • 见面会。
    Wǒ cān jiā le yí gè jiàn miàn huì.
    I attended a meet-and-greet.
  • 见面会。
    Zhè ge jiàn miàn huì yǒu hěn duō fěn sī.
    This fan meeting has many fans.
  • 见面会？
    Míng tiān de jiàn miàn huì nǐ huì qù ma?
    Will you go to tomorrow's meet-and-greet?

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.

见面meet face to face
见jiànmeet面miànface
动宾Verb + object
会huìmeeting

见面 means to meet face to face, and 会 denotes a gathering for that.

Characters in this word

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

This origin belongs to the traditional form 見; 见 is its simplified writing.

  • 目目mùeye
  • 卩卩jiékneeling person

The traditional form 見 pairs 目 (eye) with 卩 (kneeling person), showing a kneeling figure with a large eye for a head. The simplified 见 is a later shorthand.

Open 见 →

A drawing of the thing itself, worn down over three thousand years into a few strokes.

面 originally drew a man’s face, with one eye exaggerated; the horizontal stroke was added later.

Open 面 →

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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