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

hội ý

1. to confer, to consult, to discuss

Noun

hội ý

1. (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”)