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庙会 (miào huì) — temple fair

Definition

A 庙会 is a traditional festival held at a 庙 (temple), with food stalls, performances, and crafts — especially around Chinese New Year.

noun
temple fair

Examples

  • ，庙会。
    Měi nián chūn jié, wǒ men quán jiā dōu huì qù guàng miào huì.
    Every Spring Festival, my whole family goes to the temple fair.
  • 庙会，。
    Zhè ge miào huì de guī mó hěn dà, yǒu jǐ bǎi gè tān wèi.
    This temple fair is very large, with hundreds of stalls.
  • 庙会、。
    Rén men kě yǐ zài miào huì shàng kàn wǔ shī, mǎi shǒu gōng yì pǐn.
    People can watch lion dances and buy handicrafts at the temple fair.

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.

庙miàotemple
会huìfair

A 会 held at a 庙 gives the sense of a temple fair.

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 廟; 庙 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
广广guǎng
Sound part声符shēngfú
朝
朝cháo廟miào
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The traditional form 廟 uses 广 to show the meaning and 朝 for the sound.

Open 庙 →

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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HSK 3.0 Level 7-9Chinese Culture & CustomsFestivals & Holidays

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