How to say “hold a meeting” in Chinese
hold a meeting
“Hold a meeting” in Chinese is 开会, kāi huì: the meaning, a recording of how it sounds, the characters stroke by stroke and examples.
How to pronounce it
开会 is read kāi huì: 2 syllables. The tone is part of the word: with another melody you get another word, or just a jumble of sounds.
How to write it
Strokes go in order: top to bottom and left to right, horizontal before vertical. Tap a character to open its page, with the strokes shown large and the words it appears in. To train your hand, print a handwriting sheet for “开会”.
Examples
Sentences from the course lessons with 开会. Tap the sound icon to listen.
- 我们下午三点开会。wǒmenxiàwǔsāndiǎnkāihuìWe have a meeting at three in the afternoon.
- 经理正在开会jīnglǐzhèngzàikāihuìThe manager is in a meeting right now.
- 明天开会，行吗？míngtiānkāihuì,xíngmaLet's have the meeting tomorrow, is that OK?
- 整个下午我都在开会zhěnggèxiàwǔwǒdōuzàikāihuìI was in a meeting the whole afternoon.
- 开会的时候他一直沉默kāihuìdeshíhou,tāyìzhíchénmòHe was silent the whole meeting.
- 开会的时候，他始终没说话。kāihuìdeshíhou,tāshǐzhōngméishuōhuàHe didn't say a single word the whole meeting.
More words from the lesson “At the office”
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Frequently asked questions
How do you say “hold a meeting” in Chinese?
“Hold a meeting” in Chinese is 开会, pinyin kāihuì.
What does 开会 mean?
开会 (kāihuì) means “hold a meeting”.
How do you write 开会?
开会 is 2 characters: 开 (kāi) — open; drive; 会 (huì) — can; meeting. The stroke order of each one is shown step by step on this page.
How do you pronounce 开会?
开会 is read kāihuì. Tones: kāi — first tone, huì — fourth tone. The page has a native speaker recording.
“hold a meeting” in the lesson “At the office”
This word is from the topic “Work and business” of HSK 3. In the lesson you hear it in a dialogue, build a sentence with it and say it out loud. Start for free, no sign-up needed.
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