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演奏会 (yǎn zòu huì) — concert, recital

Definition

A formal performance of instrumental music (classical or solo recital). Broader than 音乐会, which often covers any music event including pop concerts; 演奏会 emphasizes a structured, often classical, instrumental performance.

noun
concertrecital
Measure word · 场

Examples

  • 演奏会。
    Wǒ míng tiān wǎn shàng qù tīng yì chǎng yǎn zòu huì.
    I'm going to a concert tomorrow evening.
  • 演奏会。
    Zhè chǎng yǎn zòu huì de piào zǎo jiù mài wán le.
    The tickets for this concert were sold out long ago.
  • 演奏会？。
    Nǐ tīng guò tā men de yǎn zòu huì ma? fēi cháng jīng cǎi.
    Have you heard their concert? It was wonderful.

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.

演奏perform music
演yǎnperform奏zòuplay
联合Coordinate
会huìgathering

演奏 joins 演 and 奏 for performing music, and 会 marks a gathering, so a music gathering.

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.

Open 演 →

Two or more meaningful parts placed together so that their meanings combine into a new one.

The shape of 奏 pictures hands holding an object, perhaps an instrument used in a ritual, or hands collecting resin dripping from a cut tree.

Open 奏 →

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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