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Definitions
- 1. can
- 2. to have the skill
- 3. to know how to
- 4. to be likely to
- 5. to be sure to
- 6. to meet
- 7. to get together
- 8. meeting
- 9. gathering
- 10. (suffix) union
- 11. group
- 12. association
- 13. (bound form) a moment
Example Sentences
1 shown幸 会 。
Sentence data courtesy of Tatoeba.org.
Words Containing 会
Taisei Yokusankai, Japanese fascist organization created in 1940
sudden inspiration
State Administration Committee on Military Products Trade (SACMPT)
Xinhui county in Guangdong
movement to restore the fatherland
Huitong county in Huaihua 懷化|怀化[huái huà], Hunan
videoconferencing
International Air Transport Association (IATA)
an association
conference hall
third plenum of a national congress of the Chinese Communist Party
the Benedictines
NHK (Nihon Hōsō Kyōkai), Japanese national broadcasting company
party congress (of the Communist Party of China)
combined ideogram (one of the Six Methods 六書|六书[liù shū] of forming Chinese characters)
Wireless transmission regulatory commission
urban legend (translation of recent Western term)
synagogue
carnival during the Lantern Festival, with lantern displays and traditional folk performances such as stilt walking and lion dance
neighbourhood committee
social Darwinism
Free Software Foundation
social environment; milieu
Asian Games
Olympic Games
antisocial behavior
news conference
there is no such thing as a free lunch (idiom)
summit meeting
car show
to watch for an opportunity
regular meeting
China Association for Promoting Democracy
meeting hall; assembly hall
president of the association
the Society of Jesus
mendicant religious order in Catholicism
Freemasonry
building society (finance)
(telephone) conference call
social sciences
chair (or president, speaker etc) of national congress
talks
sports competition
Huining county in Baiyin 白銀|白银[bái yín], Gansu
International Telegraph and Telephone Consultative Committee (CCITT)
to show
China Law Society
accountant
Special Olympics
Roast! (PRC comedy series)
World Wildlife Fund (WWF)
concert
meet and greet
Da Qaidam county level subdivision of Haixi Mongol and Tibetan autonomous prefecture 海西蒙古族藏族自治州, Qinghai
consultation (medical)
lit. when the ship arrives at the bridge we can deal with the problem
State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission of State Council (SASAC)
(idiom) to happen to be in the right place at the right time
national socialism
New Play Comrade Society, Chinese theatrical company founded in 1912, a continuation of the Spring Willow Society 春柳社[chūn liǔ shè]
World Uighur Congress
Fédération Internationale de Gymnastique
the international community
member of religious order
public lecture (with guest speakers etc)
Lenghu county level subdivision of Haixi Mongol and Tibetan autonomous prefecture 海西蒙古族藏族自治州[hǎi xī měng gǔ zú zàng zú zì zhì zhōu], Qinghai
vocal recital or concert
lit. a child who cries gets to feed at the breast (idiom)
Tongmenghui, Sun Yat-sen's alliance for democracy, founded 1905, became the Guomindang 國民黨|国民党 in 1912
party dancing
sociology
The Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET)
Chinese Patriotic Islamic Association
a company of pilgrims
meeting place
masquerade
World Expo
to meet
Council on Foreign Relations (US policy think tank)
parent-teacher conference
national Olympic committee
humanities and social sciences
Yale-China Association, independent organization founded in 1901
masked ball
Sihui, county-level city in Zhaoqing 肇慶|肇庆[zhào qìng], Guangdong
order (of monks)
antisocial (behavior)
social security
can or cannot; is it possible?
social security
Socialist Education Movement (1963-66), formal name of the Four Cleanups Movement 四清運動|四清运动[sì qīng yùn dòng]
China Ornithological Society
to socialize
Japanese limited company
Huili county in Liangshan Yi autonomous prefecture 涼山彞族自治州|凉山彝族自治州[liáng shān yí zú zì zhì zhōu], south Sichuan
clubhouse (golf)
Association for Relations Across the Taiwan Straits (ARATS)
Presbyterianism
joint hearing
city
MICE tourism (acronym for \meetings
to learn
accounting standards council
a guild
briefing
a victory banquet to taste the peaches of immortality of Goddess Xi Wangmu 西王母
Military Commission of the Communist Party Central Committee
(coll.) a moment
organizing committee
social relation
International Olympic Committee
socialism with Chinese characteristics, phrase introduced by the CCP in 1986 to refer to its ideological model, embracing the economic reforms of the post-Mao era
a diplomatic note
primitive society
China Communications and Transportation Association (CCTA)
World Health Assembly
Dagger Society, anti-Qing secret society who mounted an unsuccessful rebellion in 1855
to participate in a meeting
Kingdom Hall (place of worship used by Jehovah's Witnesses)
close a meeting
Election Committee (Hong Kong)
legislative committee
recruitment meeting
finance and accounting
universal exposition
United Nations General Assembly
social rank; class; caste
head of a society
Battle of Stalingrad (1942-1943)
chamber of commerce
president of a club, committee etc
Tianjin agreement of 1885 between Li Hongzhang 李鴻章|李鸿章[lǐ hóng zhāng] and ITŌ Hirobumi 伊藤博文[yī téng bó wén] to pull Qing and Japanese troops out of Korea
social actions
trade show; sales exhibition
wait a minute
aristocracy
lovers' rendezvous
company meeting
Executive Council (Hong Kong)
provincial capital
Olympic committee
Deutsches Institut für Normung e.V. (DIN)
YMCA (international Christian youth movement, formed in 1844)
Great Sword Society, an offshoot of the White Lotus in the late Qing dynasty, involved in anti-Western activity at the time of the Boxer rebellion
soon
feudal society
China Consumers' Association (CCA)
PRC State Development and Planning Committee, set up 1998 to replace State Planning Committee 國家計劃委員會|国家计划委员会, replaced in 2003 by National Development and Reform Commission 國家發展和改革委員會|国家发展和改革委员会
discussion forum
evening party
grand ball
Assemblée nationale (French lower chamber)
World Wildlife Fund WWF
Standardization Administration of PRC (SAC)
the Catholic Church
to postpone a meeting
Huili county in Sichuan
Overseas Chinese Affairs Council, Taiwan
improbable
China Securities Regulatory Commission (CSRC)
China Banking Regulatory Commission (CBRC)
folk festival
auction
parlor
member nation
National People's Congress and Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference
Organization of the Islamic Conference
press conference
National Intercity Games, Chinese athletics competition, organized every four years since 1988
Wikimedia Foundation
to whisper and chat (instead of listening during a meeting or lecture)
Central Committee
a reception
temple fair
East Asia Summit, annual meeting of leading Asian states
to adjourn
China Democratic National Construction Association
to meet again at unspecified date
to meet again
academician
Huichang county in Ganzhou 贛州|赣州[gàn zhōu], Jiangxi
council
to misunderstand
social credit system, a system that incentivizes individuals and businesses by creating consequences for good and bad behavior
State Economic and Trade Commission (SETC)
to attend a meeting
lit. the child who cries gets the candy (idiom)
Priory of Zion (fictional masonic order)
consultative conference (political venue during early communist rule)
to attack jointly
International Chamber of Commerce (ICC)
guild
Sozialistische Einheitspartei Deutschlands (Socialist Unity Party of Germany 1949-1990), the ruling communist party of the former German Democratic Republic (East Germany)
International Olympic Committee
Committee for Peaceful Reunification of the Fatherland (North Korean)
can talk really well (idiom); the gift of the gab
pay an official call
Hong Kong Federation of Trade Unions
celebration
public interest
(coll.) now
African National Congress, ANC
China Disabled Persons' Federation
social services
Chinese Football Association
trade fair
account
Huize county in Qujing 曲靖[qǔ jìng], Yunnan
Xinhui county and district of Jiangmen city 江門市|江门市, Guangdong
Three-Self Patriotic Movement, PRC government-sanctioned Protestant church from 1949
press conference
press conference
social justice
perineum
parliamentary system
to attend a meeting (and hear what is discussed)
Baptists
Oxfam (Oxford Committee for Famine Relief)
lit. to go among enemies with only one's sword (idiom)
party meeting
PRC Association for Relations Across the Taiwan Straits (ARATS)
to disperse a meeting
a secret society
committee
committee meeting
slave-owning society (precedes feudal society 封建社會|封建社会 in Marxist theory)
national socialism
to make far-fetched claims (idiom)
social
Tiandihui (Chinese fraternal organization)
International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF)
exhibition
to add parallels and interpretations (to a story etc)
US Congress
China Air Transport Association (CATA)
social worker
World Games
(posing a question: whether sb, something) can or cannot?
social group
Straits Exchange Foundation (SEF)
social gathering at which those attending take it in turns to perform for the whole group (music, dancing or comedy etc)
to understand
the monk coming from afar is good at reading scriptures (idiom)
news conference
anti-Qing revolutionary party set up in 1904 under Cai Yuanpei 蔡元培
evening cocktail reception
to meet
society in which the material needs of most citizens are adequately met
East Asian Games
(of two vehicles traveling in opposite directions) to pass by each other
nightclub
foundation (institution supported by an endowment)
PRC State Planning Committee, set up in 1952, replaced in 1998 by State Development and Planning Committee 國家發展計劃委員會|国家发展计划委员会[guó jiā fā zhǎn jì huà wěi yuán huì] then in 2003 by National Development and Reform Commission 國家發展和改革委員會|国家发展和改革委员会[guó jiā fā zhǎn hé gǎi gé wěi yuán huì]
metrosexual
executive committee
(Chinese) National People's Congress
to confer
Central Executive Committee
Huitong county in Huaihua 懷化|怀化[huái huà], Hunan
minister level conference
Lee Hoi-chang (1935-), South Korean politician
social enterprise
European Parliament
Guardian Council, body of 12 appointed clerics which governs Iran
banquet
Propaganda Department of the Communist Party of China
pageant
garden party; fete (held in a garden or park); carnival; fair
tabernacle (biblical word for a meeting hall or tent)
a routine meeting of a squad
Yuhui district of Bengbu city 蚌埠市[bèng bù shì], Anhui
socialist party
social activity
civil society
PEN (association of writers)
information meeting
International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (ICESCR)
annual meeting
non-metropolitan county (England)
social class
working committee
IEEE
knowing (of a smile, look etc)
epiglottis
main entrance
a while
to make an irrelevant comparison or interpretation (idiom)
Central Commission for Discipline Inspection of the CCP
to inform
The Jesuits (Society of Jesus)
upper class
public hearing
securities commission (of the State Council)
administrative committee
to misunderstand
auspicious occasion
Hong Kong Association of Banks
World Wildlife Fund (WWF)
ballroom
National Committee of Cultural Heritage
accounting system
civil society (law)
nice to meet you
leak
China Securities Regulatory Commission (CSRC)
party
corporate social responsibility (CSR)
European Council
standing committee
international association
Chinese Patriotic Catholic Association
minister level conference
drinking party
monthly meeting
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR), 1922-1991
Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS)
mass rally
memorial service
bazaar
(bird species of China) grey-breasted prinia (Prinia hodgsonii)
Hong Kong Football Association
promotional event
to join a society, association etc
transfer fee
board of directors
class meeting (in schools)
(military) to meet for a decisive battle
promotional seminar
meeting
National Commission for the Identification of Cultural Heritage
China Scholarship Council (CSC)
to sense
FIFA
(language learning) conversation
National People's Congress (NPC)
Provisional Municipal Council of Macau
Soka Gakkai International
Mang'ai county level subdivision of Haixi Mongol and Tibetan autonomous prefecture 海西蒙古族藏族自治州, Qinghai
Guardian Council of the Constitution of Iran
at that time (in the past or the future)
membership (of a club etc)
National Games, Chinese athletics competition, organized every four years since 1959
labor committee
farmer's cooperative
Huize county in Qujing 曲靖[qǔ jìng], Yunnan
national general congress
UNICEF (United Nations Children's fund)
Professional Golfer's Association (PGA)
winter games
to ignore
social care
opportunism
joint
Song Dynasty History of Zen Buddhism in China (1252), 20 scrolls
Winter Paralympics
shower (for bride, baby etc)
metropolitan examination (imperial civil service examination)
minister level conference
private (non-government) financing
plenary session (at a conference)
public meeting
religious procession
International Badminton Federation
council
to call a conference
opportunity
Xinhui city in Guangdong
a short time
Lutheran church
Olympic Games
can be understood, but not described (idiom, from Zhuangzi 莊子|庄子[zhuāng zǐ]); mysterious and subtle
(PRC) Central Military Commission
joint conference
Huidong county in Liangshan Yi autonomous prefecture 涼山彞族自治州|凉山彝族自治州[liáng shān yí zú zì zhì zhōu], south Sichuan
Solidarity (Polish worker's union)
flower fair or festival
social democracy
combined ideogram (one of the Six Methods 六書|六书 of forming Chinese characters)
school board
criminal underworld
Commission for Science, Technology and Industry for National Defense (COSTIND)
the Great Hall of the People (in Beijing)
Zunyi conference of January 1935 before the Long March
(Buddhist) religious assembly
to meet with (sb who is paying a visit)
American National Standards Institute (ANSI)
Feast of All Souls (fifteenth day of seventh lunar month) (Buddhism)
association
unified examination
round table conference
US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)
China National Farmers' Games (sports meeting for peasants held every 4 years since 1988)
hearing (law)
leftist opportunism (blamed for failures of Chinese communists from 1927)
opportunity cost
trade association
leadership meeting
international peace foundation
parliament
Sihui, county-level city in Zhaoqing 肇慶|肇庆[zhào qìng], Guangdong
peace conference
to understand
on-the-spot meeting
CCTV New Year's Gala, Chinese New Year special
Fédération Aéronautique Internationale (FAI), world body of gliding and aeronautic sports
PRC National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC), formed in 2003
membership dues
China Writers Association (CWA)
China Petrol and Chemical Industry Association (CPCIA)
Yuhui district of Bengbu city 蚌埠市[bèng bù shì], Anhui
Hoi An (in Vietnam)
district council
a moment
the Jockey Club, Hong Kong philanthropic organization (and former gentleman's club)
study group
to make friends
secret meeting
product launch event
legislative council
evaluation committee
Legislative Council of Macao
Xinhui district of Jiangmen city 江門市|江门市, Guangdong
British Council
secret society
federation
(United Nations) Security Council
(of a singer) autograph session
Tongmenghui, Sun Yat-sen's alliance for democracy, founded 1905, became the Guomindang 國民黨|国民党 in 1912
Parliament (UK)
rapporteur
student union
Independent Chinese PEN center
Standing Committee of the National People's Congress
mortal
Winter Olympics
National Supervision Commission of the PRC, anti-corruption agency established in 2018
to master the subject via a comprehensive study of surrounding areas
epiglottitis
to understand tacitly (idiom)
to encounter
to know from experience
Christian church
China Association of Amusement Parks and Attractions (CAAPA)
Huining county in Baiyin 白銀|白银[bái yín], Gansu
a mountain of paperwork and a sea of meetings (idiom)
struggle session
tea party
social work
late-Qing underground resistance movement against the Qing dynasty
summit talks
to meet together
accounting
appointment
Commission of European Union
support group (e.g. for an election candidate)
(United Nations) Security Council
auxiliary verb introducing future action: may (be able to)
city council
luncheon
All-China Sports Federation
office of an association
socialist
I'm sure we'll meet again some day. (idiom)
audience
organizing committee
video conference
Baptists
National Congress Party (Sudan)
six-sided talks (on North Korea)
subcommittee
Asian Football Confederation
China Insurance Regulatory Commission (CIRC)
social gathering
Hong Kong Red Cross
presidency (Mormon Church)
anti-Qing revolutionary party set up in 1904 under Cai Yuanpei 蔡元培
China Federation of Literary and Art Circles (CFLAC)
to be present at a meeting
anti-Qing secret societies
State Electricity Regulatory Commission (PRC)
plenary session of the Central Committee
Social Democratic Party
major city
Huichang county in Ganzhou 贛州|赣州[gàn zhōu], Jiangxi
member
member of congress
Potsdam conference, July-August 1945, between Truman, Stalin and British prime ministers Churchill and Attlee
Paralympic Games
quarterly meeting
International PEN
club sandwich
socialism
Society of Friends
social democracy
natural science fund
see 奧運會|奥运会[ào yùn huì]
socio-economic
ballsports club (e.g. golf, football etc)
provincial imperial examination graduate who ranked 1st in metropolitan examination (in Ming and Qing dynasties)
Order of Augustinian Recollects, a mendicant Catholic religious order of friars and nuns
village committee
to gather
Three-Self Patriotic Movement, PRC government-sanctioned Protestant church from 1949
fraternity
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Revive China Society, founded by Dr Sun Yat-sen 孫中山|孙中山 in 1894 in Honolulu
Wait a moment!
Federal Communications Commission (FCC)
(school) field day
branch
meetings conducted by rulers in feudal China for the purpose of formalizing alliances, finalizing treaties
Chinese Geophysical Society
county capital
to watch for an opportunity
utopian socialism
a Jesuit
the duration of a conference
general congress
to concentrate one's attention (idiom)
to come together
Revolutionary Committee of the Kuomintang
the Royal Society (UK scientific academy)
standing committee (e.g. of National People's Congress)
the \good-looks club\: people who attach great importance to a person's appearance (pun on 外貿協會|外贸协会 foreign trade association)
China Export Commodities Fair also known as the Canton Fair
Royal Society
ecumenical
summit meeting
labor union
dinner party
United Nations Children's Fund
calligraphy society
anti-Qing revolutionary party set up in Changsha by 黃興|黄兴[huáng xīng] in 1904, a precursor of Sun Yat-sen's Alliance for Democracy 同盟會|同盟会[tóng méng huì] and of the Guomindang
sub-venues
meeting room
dance
exposition
All-China Federation of Trade Unions (ACFTU)
a moment
the eight influential points (acupuncture)
benediction
aggregate social demand
conference
to collaborate
to look for an opportunity
folk festival, esp. involving shrine or image of God
APEC (Asia Pacific economic cooperation)
society
accountant
US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)
can be understood, but not described (idiom, from Zhuangzi 莊子|庄子[zhuāng zǐ]); mysterious and subtle
dynastic records of imperial China
Olympic rings
American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM)
State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission SASAC
partner for dating
discussion forum
open forum
CPPCC (Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference)
private loan association where money is allocated through bidding
Olympic Organizing Committee
social equality
on-the-spot meeting
serves you right for doing sth so stupid (Internet slang)
provincial or county guild hall
to resume a meeting
triad, Chinese crime gang
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Chinese People's Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries (CPAFFC)
a Jesuit
religious order
to blend
to receive a visitor
matrilineality
Patriotic Health Committee
Methodists
agrégation (exam for teaching diploma in French universities)
to go to a meeting
to meet with
United Nations Security Council
to pick up (a skill) in a very short time
leadership conference
employment opportunity
China Council for the Promotion of International Trade (CCPIT)
(legislative) hearing
Straits Exchange Foundation (SEF), semi-official organization established by the ROC government in Taiwan
symposium
to transfer to another club (professional sports)
conferences and exhibitions
peace talks
All-China Women's Federation (PRC, established 1949)
celebrity; public figure
Huidong county in Liangshan Yi autonomous prefecture 涼山彞族自治州|凉山彝族自治州[liáng shān yí zú zì zhì zhōu], south Sichuan
general assembly
China Securities Regulatory Commission (CSRC)
distinguished gathering
sociolinguistics
tea party
annual meeting
welfare committee
church conference
summit conference
farewell party
administrative committee
weekly meeting
memorial service
opportunity