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音乐会 (yīn yuè huì) — concert

Definition

noun
concert
Measure word · 场

Examples

  • 音乐会。
    Wǒ mǎi le liǎng zhāng yīn yuè huì de piào.
    I bought two tickets for the concert.
  • 音乐会。
    Jīn wǎn de yīn yuè huì fēi cháng jīng cǎi.
    Tonight's concert was really exciting.
  • 音乐会？
    Nǐ tīng guò nà chǎng gǔ diǎn yīn yuè huì ma?
    Have you listened to that classical concert?

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.

音乐music
音yīnsound乐lèmusic
联合Coordinate
会huìmeeting

音 and 乐 together mean music; 会 is a gathering, so 音乐会 is a music gathering or concert.

Characters in this word

An abstract idea shown by a mark or a diagram rather than by a picture of an object.

音 adds a short stroke that seals the mouth-like part, showing a covered or muffled sound rather than speech.

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

This origin belongs to the traditional form 樂; 乐 is its simplified writing.

In the traditional form 樂, 絲 (string) with 木 (wood) shows strings on a piece of wood, a musical instrument; the simplified 乐 is a later shorthand.

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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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