世博会 (shì bó huì) — World Expo

Definition

noun
World Expo

Examples

  • 世博会。
    Qù nián shàng hǎi jǔ bàn le shì bó huì.
    Last year Shanghai held the World Expo.
  • 世博会？
    Nǐ qù guò shàng hǎi shì bó huì ma?
    Have you been to the Shanghai World Expo?
  • 世博会。
    shì bó huì Měi wǔ nián jǔ bàn yí cì.
    The World Expo is held every five years.

Origin

Characters in this word

No reliable origin is recorded for this character.

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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
十十shíten
Sound part声符shēngfú
尃
尃fū博
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The shape comes from combining 十 (ten) with 尃; 尃 gives the sound.

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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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