迎新会 (yíng xīn huì) — welcome party; party to welcome newcomers

Definition

noun
welcome partyparty to welcome newcomers
Measure word · 个

Examples

  • 迎新会。
    Xué xiào wèi xīn shēng jǔ bàn le yíng xīn huì.
    The school held a welcome party for new students.
  • 迎新会。
    Gōng sī de yíng xīn huì zài xià zhōu wǔ wǎn shàng jǔ xíng.
    The company's welcome party will be held next Friday evening.
  • 迎新会？
    Nǐ cān jiā míng tiān de yíng xīn huì ma?
    Are you attending tomorrow's welcome party?

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.

迎新welcome newcomers
迎yíngwelcome新xīnnewcomers
动宾Verb + object
会huìgathering

迎新 means welcoming newcomers and 会 is a gathering, so it names a welcome party.

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
辶Written in full as辵chuò
Sound part声符shēngfú
卬
卬áng迎yíng
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

迎 is made of 辶 (written fully as 辵) for the meaning and 卬 for the sound.

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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.

假借jiǎjièLater borrowed for its sound alone — the picture has nothing to do with today’s meaning.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
斤斤jīn
Sound part声符shēngfú
辛
辛xīn新xīn
Same sound today

The shape originally paired 斤, for chopping wood, with 辛 for sound. It was borrowed for its sound to write 新, so the chopping-wood parts are unrelated to 'new'.

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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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