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峰会 (fēng huì) — summit meeting

Definition

峰会 is a high-level political or diplomatic summit meeting (e.g. G20 峰会), narrower and more prestigious than 大会 ('conference'). 高峰 and 巅峰 are metaphorical 'peaks,' not meetings.

noun
summit meeting
Measure word · 次

Examples

  • 峰会。
    Jīn nián de qì hòu fēng huì xī yǐn le quán qiú guān zhù.
    This year's climate summit attracted global attention.
  • 峰会。
    fēng huì Shàng gè guó lǐng dǎo rén dá chéng le yí xiàng zhòng yào xié yì.
    At the summit, leaders from various countries reached an important agreement.
  • 峰会。
    Zhè ge chéng shì zhǔ bàn guò yí cì guó jì fēng huì.
    This city once hosted an international summit.

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.

峰fēngsummit
会huìmeeting

峰 'summit' and 会 'meeting' combine for a high-level meeting.

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.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
山山shānmountain
Sound part声符shēngfú
夆
夆páng峰fēng
Same sound today

峰 combines 山 (mountain) with 夆, which gives the character its sound.

Open 峰 →

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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