hội ý

Vietnamese

Etymology

Sino-Vietnamese word from 會意.

Pronunciation

(Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [hoj˧˨ʔ ʔi˧˦]
(Huế) IPA^(key): [hoj˨˩ʔ ʔɪj˨˩˦]
(Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [hoj˨˩˨ ʔɪj˦˥]

Verb

to confer, to consult, to discuss

Noun

(Chinese character classification) compound indicatives, one of the six classifications of Chinese characters 六書 (lục thư).

See also

lục thư (六書, “The six types of Han characters”)
- chỉ sự (指事, “ideogram”)
- tượng hình (象形, “pictogram”)
- hình thanh (形聲, “phono-semantic compound”)
- hội ý (會意, “compound ideograph”)
- chuyển chú (轉注, “derivative cognate”)
- giả tá (假借, “phonetic loan”)

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