调查会 (diào chá huì) — fact-finding meeting

Definition

调查会 is a 'fact-finding meeting' — a formal, often multi-day gathering focused on investigating an issue. The purpose is gathering facts on the ground, not negotiating or making decisions.

noun
fact-finding meeting
Measure word · 个

Examples

  • 调查会。
    Wǒ men kāi le yí gè diào chá huì tǎo lùn zhè ge wèn tí.
    We held a fact-finding meeting to discuss this issue.
  • 调查会。
    diào chá huì De mù dì shì liǎo jiě shí jì qíng kuàng.
    The purpose of the fact-finding meeting is to understand the actual situation.
  • 调查会。
    Zhè cì diào chá huì chí xù le sān tiān.
    This fact-finding meeting lasted three days.

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.

调查investigation
调tiáoinvestigate查cháexamine
联合Side by side
会huìmeeting

a meeting for investigation, where facts are examined.

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 調; 调 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
言言yán
Sound part声符shēngfú
周
周zhōu調tiáo
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The traditional form 調 pairs 言 (speech) with 周, which shows how it was pronounced. The simplified 调 is a later shorthand.

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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.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
木木mùwood
Sound part声符shēngfú
且
且qiě查chá
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

查 pairs 木 (wood) with 且, which shows the sound. It originally meant a hawthorn tree or a wooden raft.

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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 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.

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