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联谊会 (lián yì huì) — (noun) friendship association, social club; (noun) social gathering, mixer event

Definition

An organized social event or association aimed at bringing people together to build connections — 'mixer' in sense 1, 'friendship association / club' in sense 2.

noun
friendship associationsocial clubsocial gatheringmixer event
Measure word · 个

Examples

  • 联谊会。
    Wǒ men xué xiào měi nián dōu jǔ bàn yí cì xiào yǒu lián yì huì.
    Our school holds an alumni gathering every year.
  • 联谊会。
    Zhè ge lián yì huì shì yóu jǐ gè gōng sī gòng tóng zǔ zhī de.
    This friendship association is jointly organized by several companies.
  • 联谊会。
    Tā zài lián yì huì shàng rèn shi le hěn duō xīn péng you.
    He met many new friends at the social gathering.

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.

联谊build friendship
联liánconnect谊yìfriendship
动宾Verb + object
会huìassociation

联 means connect, 谊 means friendship, and 会 is an association, naming a gathering for building friendship.

Characters in this word

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

This origin belongs to the traditional form 聯; 联 is its simplified writing.

The traditional form 聯 combines 耳 (ear) and 絲 (silk); 联 is a simplified form of 聯.

Open 联 →

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 誼; 谊 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
言言yán
Sound part声符shēngfú
宜
宜yí誼yì
Same sound today

The traditional form 誼 pairs 言, the speech part, with 宜 as a sound part; the simplified 谊 is a later abbreviation.

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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