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讨论会 (tǎo lùn huì) — discussion meeting; symposium

Definition

noun
discussion meetingsymposium
Measure word · 个

Examples

  • 讨论会。
    Wǒ men míng tiān xià wǔ yǒu yí gè tǎo lùn huì.
    We have a discussion meeting tomorrow afternoon.
  • 讨论会。
    Zhè cì tǎo lùn huì de zhǔ tí shì huán jìng bǎo hù.
    The theme of this symposium is environmental protection.
  • 讨论会。
    Hěn duō zhuān jiā lái cān jiā zhè ge tǎo lùn huì.
    Many experts came to attend this discussion meeting.

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.

讨论discuss
讨tǎodiscuss论lùndiscuss
联合Coordinate
会huìmeeting

讨 (discuss) and 论 (discuss) form 讨论, held as a 会 (meeting).

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 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 論; 论 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
言言yánsay
Sound part声符shēngfú
侖
侖lún論lùn
Same sound today

The traditional form 論 pairs 言 (“say”) with 侖 as a sound component; the simplified 论 is a later shorthand, so its parts are not the historical parts.

Open 论 →

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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Communication & Speech

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