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会晤 (huì wù) — (formal) to meet, to have a meeting (between officials or leaders)

Definition

A formal verb for an official high-level meeting (heads of state, diplomats). Unlike 会议 (the meeting as an event) and 会面 (a face-to-face appointment), 会晤 emphasizes the formal meeting act between leaders.

verb
(formal) to meetto have a meeting (between officials or leaders)

Examples

  • 会晤。
    Liǎng guó yuán shǒu dìng qī huì wù tǎo lùn hé zuò.
    The heads of state of the two countries meet regularly to discuss cooperation.
  • 会晤。
    Zhè cì huì wù chí xù le sān gè xiǎo shí.
    This meeting lasted three hours.
  • 会晤。
    Wài zhǎng míng tiān jiāng huì wù zhù huá dà shǐ.
    The foreign minister will meet with the ambassador to China tomorrow.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
联合liánhéCoordinate

Two parts of equal weight, alike or opposite in meaning, standing side by side.

会huìmeet
晤wùmeet

Both 会 and 晤 mean meet, giving a formal meeting sense.

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 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 →

No reliable origin is recorded for this character.

Open 晤 →
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