与会 (yù huì) — to participate in a meeting, to attend a conference (formal)

Definition

A formal verb meaning 'to attend / participate in a meeting or conference' — used in official or written contexts about summits, congresses, and formal gatherings.

verb
to participate in a meetingto attend a conference (formal)

Examples

  • 与会。
    Gòng yǒu wǔ shí gè guó jiā yù huì běn cì fēng huì.
    A total of fifty countries participated in this summit.
  • 与会。
    Suǒ yǒu yù huì dài biǎo dōu qiān shǔ le hé zuò xié yì.
    All attending representatives signed the cooperation agreement.
  • ，与会。
    Huì yì kāi shǐ shí, yù huì rén yuán shǒu xiān tīng qǔ le zhǔ xí de bào gào.
    At the start of the meeting, the participants first listened to the chairman's report.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
动宾dòngbīnVerb + object

An action followed by what it acts on, fused into one word.

与yǔattend
会huìmeeting

与 'attend' and 会 'meeting' form 'attend a 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 與; 与 is its simplified writing.

The traditional form 與 is built from 舁 and 牙, and both parts give the sound.

Open 与 →

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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