招待会

招

zha̅o

待

dài

会

會

huì

reception / CL:個|个[ge4],次[ci4]

Characters and words in 招待会

招

zha̅o = zh + ao1

to recruit / to provoke / to beckon / to incur / to infect / contagious / a move (chess) / a maneuver / device / trick / to confess

招 = 召 + 扌 : In front of the aorta (ao1), James II of England (zh) gives a blazing speech to recruit (招) new followers. Before giving his speech, he called everyone together via intercom (召). While speaking he is waving a toy claw (扌), which reminds many listeners of a weapon and thus provokes (招) many of them. Nevertheless, the ideas James II of England puts forward in his speech are quite contagious (招).

招

zha̅o

待

dài

to receive (guests) / to entertain / reception

待

da̅i = d + ai1

to stay

待 = 寺 + 彳 : In front of the airplane someone devoted huge black sneakers to the local buddhist shrine. Don Quixote fits into them with his whole body and the sneakers are so cozy that he thinks he could stay like this forever.

待

dài = d + ai4

to wait / to treat / to deal with / to need / going to (do sth) / about to / intending to

待

da̅i

会

會

hui

wait a minute / stop a while

会

會

huì = hu + ei4

can (i.e. have the skill, know how to) / likely to / sure to / to meet / to get together / meeting / gathering / union / group / association / a moment (Taiwan pr. for this sense is [hui3])

会 = 云 + 人 : Helga horse is almost fainting when she enters the Eiffel Tower's bathroom. Neanderthal man is giving off an extraordinarily smelly cloud. She didn't even think that this was possible at all.

会

會

kuài = ku + ai4

to balance an account / accountancy / accounting

会

會

kuài = ku + ai4

to balance an account / accounting / accountant