复会 (fù huì) — to resume a session, to reconvene (a meeting)

Definition

A formal verb meaning to resume a meeting after a break or interruption, used in official or institutional settings like conferences and legislatures.

verb
to resume a sessionto reconvene (a meeting)

Examples

  • 复会。
    Xiū huì shí fēn zhōng hòu fù huì.
    The session will resume after a ten-minute break.
  • 。
    Huì yì yǐ jīng fù guò huì le.
    The meeting has already reconvened.
  • 复会。
    Míng tiān xià wǔ sān diǎn jì xù fù huì.
    We will continue to reconvene at 3 p.m. tomorrow.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
动宾dòngbīnVerb + object

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

复fùresume
会huìmeeting

复 means to resume and 会 is a meeting or session, so the word means to reconvene.

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 復; 复 is its simplified writing.

The simplified 复 stands for more than one traditional character. In most words (复习, 恢复) it is 復; in others (复印, 复杂) (答复, 反复) it is 複 or 覆.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
彳彳chìwalk
Sound part声符shēngfú
复
复fù復fù
Same sound today

The traditional form 復 combines 彳, a walking part, with 复, a sound part, to show walking back and forth.

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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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