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追悼会 (zhuī dào huì) — memorial service

Definition

A formal gathering to mourn and remember someone who has died, usually a public figure or after a notable event. The measure word is 个; it pairs with 参加 or 举行.

noun
memorial service
Measure word · 个

Examples

  • 追悼会。
    Hěn duō rén lái cān jiā zhuī dào huì.
    Many people came to the memorial service.
  • 追悼会。
    zhuī dào huì Shàng wǔ shí diǎn kāi shǐ.
    The memorial service starts at 10 a.m.
  • 追悼会，。
    Zài zhuī dào huì shàng, dà jiā dōu hěn shāng xīn.
    At the memorial service, everyone was very sad.

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.

追悼memorialize
追zhuīremember悼dàomourn
联合Coordinate
会huìmeeting

追 and 悼 evoke remembering and mourning, while 会 denotes a 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
辶Written in full as辵chuòmovement
Sound part声符shēngfú
𠂤
𠂤𠂤追zhuī
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The 辶 part shows movement, while 𠂤 gives the sound, for the sense of moving after or pursuing.

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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
忄Written in full as心xīn
Sound part声符shēngfú
卓
卓zhuó悼dào
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

In 悼, the left side 忄 is a narrow form of 心, the heart, marking the feeling of mourning, while the right side 卓 gives 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.

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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Society & Public Life

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