开会 (開會)
kāi huì
Pinyin

Definition

开会 (開會)
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kāi huì
  1. to hold a meeting
  2. to attend a meeting

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

学会
xué huì
  1. 1 to learn
  2. 2 to master
  3. 3 institute
  4. 4 learned society
  5. 5 (scholarly) association
打开
dǎ kāi
  1. 1 to open
  2. 2 to show (a ticket)
  3. 3 to turn on
  4. 4 to switch on
会
huì
  1. 1 can
  2. 2 to be possible
  3. 3 to be able to
  4. 4 will
  5. 5 to be likely to
  6. 6 to be sure to
  7. 7 to assemble
  8. 8 to meet
  9. 9 to gather
  10. 10 to see
  11. 11 union
  12. 12 group
  13. 13 association
  14. 14 classifier: 个 gè
  15. 15 a moment (Taiwan pr. for this sense is [huǐ])
机会
jī huì
  1. 1 opportunity
  2. 2 chance
  3. 3 occasion
  4. 4 classifier: 个 gè
社会
shè huì
  1. 1 society
  2. 2 classifier: 个 gè

Idioms (20)

一夫当关，万夫莫开
yī fū dāng guān , wàn fū mò kāi
  1. 1 one man can hold the pass against ten thousand enemies (idiom)
一把钥匙开一把锁
yī bǎ yào shi kāi yī bǎ suǒ
  1. 1 One key opens one lock.
  2. 2 There is a different solution for each problem. (idiom)
信口开河
xìn kǒu kāi hé
  1. 1 to speak without thinking (idiom)
  2. 2 to blurt sth out
别开生面
bié kāi shēng miàn
  1. 1 to start sth new or original (idiom); to break a new path
  2. 2 to break fresh ground
只可意会，不可言传
zhǐ kě yì huì , bù kě yán chuán
  1. 1 can be understood, but not described (idiom, from Zhuangzi 莊子|庄子); mysterious and subtle

Sample Sentences

老板开会的时候常常拖泥带水。
lǎobǎn kāihuì de shíhou chángcháng tuōnídàishuǐ 。
The boss always drags the meetings out.
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今天早上开会的时候我没有拿到开会资料，有人可以传给我吗？
jīntiān zǎoshang kāihuì de shíhou wǒ méiyǒu nádào kāihuì zīliào ，yǒurén kěyǐ chuángei wǒ ma ？
I didn't get the file from the meeting this morning. Could anyone send it to me?
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我和客户要开会，但是我迟到了。
wǒ hé kèhù yào kāihuì ，dànshì wǒ chídào le 。
I am meeting with a client, but I'm late.
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比如说，在开会的时候，一个人迟到，所有人都要等他。这时候就是一颗老鼠屎坏了一锅粥
bǐrú shuō ，zài kāihuì de shíhou ，yīgē rén chídào ，suǒyǒu rén dōu yào děng tā 。zhè shíhou jiùshì yīkēlǎoshǔshǐhuàileyīguōzhōu
For example, when we're having a meeting, when one person is late, everyone has to wait for him. This is what we call "One bad apple spoils the whole bunch."
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下午要开会。
xiàwǔ yào kāihuì 。
I have a meeting in the afternoon.
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再二十分钟，我们就要开会了。
zài èrshí fēnzhōng ，wǒmen jiùyào kāihuì le 。
We are about to start a meeting in 20 minutes.
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我们快要开会了。
wǒmen kuàiyào kāihuì le 。
We are about to start a meeting soon.
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我们要开会了。
wǒmen yào kāihuì le 。
We are about to start a meeting.
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我要开会了。
wǒ yào kāihuì le 。
I'm about to have a meeting.
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不行，我在开会呢
bùxíng ，wǒ zài kāihuì ne
No, i'm having a meeting!
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