重逢 (chóng féng) — to meet again, to reunite | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

重逢 (chóngféng) is a more literary, emotionally weighted 'to meet again' — usually after a long separation, often with joy or tears. Plain 见面 is the everyday word for simply meeting; 重逢 stresses the reunion itself.

verb

to meet againto reunite

Examples

重逢。
Duō nián bú jiàn de lǎo péng you zhōng yú chóng féng le.
After many years, old friends finally reunited.
重逢，。
Tā men zài jī chǎng chóng féng, jī dòng dé rè lèi yíng kuàng.
They reunited at the airport, so moved that tears filled their eyes.
重逢。
Zhè cì chóng féng ràng wǒ men xiǎng qǐ le dà xué shí guāng.
This reunion reminded us of our college days.

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.

重 means again and 逢 means to meet, so the sense is meeting once more.

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

Sound part声符shēngfú

東

東dōng重zhòng

Close in sound todayThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

重 developed from a picture of a man carrying a bag, with 人 for the man and 東 for the bag; a later ground element was folded into the form.

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

辶夆逢

Meaning part形符xíngfú

辶Written in full as辵chuò

Sound part声符shēngfú

夆

夆páng逢féng

Same sound today

In 逢, 辶 is the walking part and 夆 is the sound part.

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