开会

kāi huì

HSK 3.0 Level 3 Verb Common

Definitions

1. to attend a meeting

Word relationships

Antonyms

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• 散会 sàn huì 散会 sàn huì to disperse a meeting 散会 means 'to adjourn a meeting', opposite of 开会 (to start or hold a meeting): to disperse a meeting

Related words

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• 会议 huì yì 会议 huì yì meeting 开会 means 'to hold or attend a meeting'; 会议 is the noun 'meeting': meeting
• 举办 jǔ bàn 举办 jǔ bàn to conduct 举办 means 'to hold (an event)'; 开会 specifically refers to meetings: to conduct
• 参加 cān jiā 参加 cān jiā to participate 参加 means 'to participate'; often used with 会议 to mean 'attend a meeting': to participate

Usage notes

Collocations

开会 cannot take an object; use 开 + [type] + 会, e.g. 开晚会 (hold an evening party), not 开会晚会.

Common mistakes

Avoid literal translation: 'open a meeting' is incorrect; 开会 is a fixed verb-object phrase meaning 'hold/attend a meeting'.

Example Sentences

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他在 开会 时突然发病了。

He suddenly fell ill during the meeting.

请提醒我明天 开会 。

Please remind me about the meeting tomorrow.

经理召集了所有员工 开会 。

The manager convened all the employees for a meeting.

他总是找借口不来 开会 。

He always finds an excuse not to come to the meeting.

公司派遣他去北京 开会 。

The company dispatched him to Beijing for a meeting.

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Words Containing 开会

• 召开会议 召开会议 zhào kāi huì yì: to call a conference

Child Words of 开会

• 会 会 kuài: to balance an account
• 开 开 kāi: to open
• 会 会 huì: can