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演唱会 (yǎn chàng huì) — concert (especially a pop music performance)

Definition

noun
concert (especially a pop music performance)
Measure word · 场

Examples

  • 演唱会。
    Wǒ mǎi le liǎng zhāng yǎn chàng huì de piào.
    I bought two tickets to the concert.
  • 演唱会！
    Zuó tiān de yǎn chàng huì tài jīng cǎi le!
    Yesterday's concert was amazing!
  • 演唱会。
    Tā zuì xǐ huan qù tīng yǎn chàng huì.
    She loves going to concerts.

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.

演唱perform and sing
演yǎnperform唱chàngsing
联合Coordinate
会huìevent

The 会 is an event where people 演 and 唱 songs.

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
氵Written in full as水shuǐ
Sound part声符shēngfú
寅
寅yín演yǎn
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

演 pairs 氵 (water) with 寅, which gives the sound yín.

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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.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
口口kǒu
Sound part声符shēngfú
昌
昌chāng唱chàng
Same sound today

The 口 part points to the mouth, while 昌 shows how the character is pronounced.

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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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