颁奖会 (bān jiǎng huì) — awards ceremony

Definition

noun
awards ceremony
Measure word · 个

Examples

  • 颁奖会。
    Míng tiān wǎn shàng xué xiào yǒu yí gè bān jiǎng huì.
    There is an awards ceremony at school tomorrow evening.
  • 颁奖会。
    Tā zài bān jiǎng huì shàng huò dé le zuì jiā yǎn yuán jiǎng.
    He won the Best Actor award at the ceremony.
  • 颁奖会，。
    bān jiǎng huì Jié shù hòu, dà jiā yì qǐ hé yǐng liú niàn.
    After the awards ceremony ended, everyone took a group photo as a souvenir.

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.

颁奖present prizes
颁bānpresent/award奖jiǎngprize
动宾Verb + object
会huìmeeting

“颁奖” means to present prizes and “会” is a gathering, giving an awards ceremony.

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 頒; 颁 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
頁頁yèhead
Sound part声符shēngfú
分
分fēn頒bān
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The traditional form 頒 puts 頁 (head) beside 分, which gives the sound; the simplified 颁 is a shorthand.

Open 颁 →

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 獎; 奖 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
犬犬quǎndog
Sound part声符shēngfú
將
將jiāng獎jiǎng
Same sound today

The traditional form 獎 pairs 將 as a sound part with 犬, a dog; the simplified 奖 is a later shorthand. The evidence says the dog part's meaning is unclear, perhaps referring to guiding a dog by voice.

Open 奖 →

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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