常会 (cháng huì) — regular meeting; standing session

Definition

常会 (cháng huì) means a regular, scheduled meeting — like a weekly team meeting or monthly board session. Unlike a one-off 会议, it recurs on a fixed schedule.

noun
regular meetingstanding session

Examples

  • 常会。
    Xià zhōu de cháng huì nǐ yào zhǔn shí cān jiā.
    You must attend next week's regular meeting on time.
  • 常会。
    Gōng sī měi yuè kāi yí cì cháng huì.
    The company holds a regular meeting once a month.
  • 常会。
    cháng huì De nèi róng yǐ jīng fā gěi dà jiā le.
    The agenda for the regular meeting has already been sent to everyone.

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.

常chángregular
会huìmeeting

常 gives regular or frequent and 会 gives meeting, making a regular 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
巾巾jīncloth
Sound part声符shēngfú
尚
尚shàng常cháng
Close in sound todayThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

常 pairs 巾, a cloth, with 尚 as a sound part; the form originally referred to a lower garment.

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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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