会议厅 (huì yì tīng) — conference hall, assembly hall

Definition

noun

conference hallassembly hall

Measure word · 个

Examples

会议厅。
Zhè cì guó jì huì yì zài xīn jiàn de huì yì tīng jǔ xíng.
This international conference is being held in the newly built conference hall.
会议厅。
huì yì tīng Lǐ zuò mǎn le qián lái tīng bào gào de tīng zhòng.
The conference hall was filled with audience members who came to listen to the report.
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Qǐng bǎ zhè zuò wèi ān pái dào huì yì tīng de hòu pái.
Please arrange this seat at the back row of the conference hall.

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.

会议meeting

会huìgather议yìdiscuss

联合Side by side

厅tīnghall

会 and 议 join as a meeting, and 厅 names the hall where such meetings are held.

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 →

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 議; 议 is its simplified writing.

言義議

Meaning part形符xíngfú

言言yántalk

Sound part声符shēngfú

義

義yì議⁰yì

Same sound today

The traditional form 議 pairs 言 (talk) with 義 as a sound component; the simplified 议 is a later shorthand.

Open 议 →