会议室 (huì yì shì) — meeting room, conference room

Definition

noun
meeting roomconference room
Measure word · 间

Examples

  • 会议室。
    Míng tiān xià wǔ de huì yì zài sān lóu de huì yì shì jǔ xíng.
    Tomorrow afternoon's meeting will be held in the conference room on the third floor.
  • 会议室。
    Qǐng bǎ huì yì shì de tóu yǐng yí zhǔn bèi hǎo.
    Please prepare the projector in the meeting room.
  • 会议室。
    Zhè ge huì yì shì kě yǐ zuò èr shí gè rén.
    This conference room can seat twenty people.

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huìmeet议yìdiscuss
联合Side by side
室shìroom

会议 'meeting' plus 室 'room' names a room for meetings.

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.

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 →

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
宀宀miánroof
Sound part声符shēngfú
至
至zhì室shì
Close in sound todayThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

室 puts 宀 (roof) over 至, the spot where someone stops, giving the meaning of a house or residence.

Open 室 →
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