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理事会 (lǐ shì huì) — council; board of directors

Definition

noun
councilboard of directors
Measure word · 个

Examples

  • 理事会。
    lǐ shì huì Měi nián zhào kāi liǎng cì huì yì.
    The council holds two meetings each year.
  • 理事会。
    Zhè ge lǐ shì huì de chéng yuán lái zì bù tóng háng yè.
    The members of this council come from different industries.
  • 理事会。
    Xīn yí jiè lǐ shì huì yǐ jīng xuǎn jǔ chǎn shēng.
    The new session of the board of directors has been elected.

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.

理事manage affairs
理lǐmanage事shìaffairs
动宾Verb + object
会huìassociation

理 means to manage, 事 means affairs, and 会 means an association, so the combined sense is a managing-affairs association.

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
玉玉yùjade
Sound part声符shēngfú
里
里lǐ理lǐ
Same sound today

理 pairs 玉 (jade) with 里, which shows how to say it; the jade part points to the old sense of polishing jade.

Open 理 →

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

In 事, 又 is a hand and 中 is a flagpole with a drum; holding a flag in hand depicts performing a job.

Open 事 →

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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