奥委会 (Aò wěi huì) — Olympic Committee (abbreviation for 奥林匹克委员会)

Definition

noun
Olympic Committee (abbreviation for 奥林匹克委员会)

Examples

  • 奥委会。
    Aò wěi huì Shì ào lín pǐ kè yùn dòng de zuì gāo guǎn lǐ jī gòu.
    The Olympic Committee is the highest governing body of the Olympic movement.
  • 奥委会。
    Tā céng jīng zài Aò wěi huì gōng zuò guò.
    He once worked at the Olympic Committee.
  • 奥委会。
    Aò wěi huì Jué dìng xià yí jiè ào yùn huì de jǔ bàn chéng shì.
    The Olympic Committee decides the host city for the next Olympic Games.

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.

奥àoOlympic
委会committee
委wěicommittee会huìassociation
联合Side by side

奥 stands for Olympic, while 委 and 会 together name a committee or association.

Characters in this word

No reliable origin is recorded for this character.

Open 奥 →

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
女女nǚ
Sound part声符shēngfú
禾
禾hé委wěi
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

委 has 女 under 禾. 女, a woman, is the meaning part, and 禾 gives the sound.

Open 委 →

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 →

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