议
to comment on; to discuss; to suggest
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Dict coverage rank #605 U+8BAE
How 议 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
讠 (semantic, “speech”) + 义 (phonetic, yì)
How to remember it
deliberate · Heisig RSH #1181
words + 义 righteousness
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 义
Siblings built with the same phonetic component 义 (yì) — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 义 sound component | yì | right conduct, propriety; justice |
| 仪 | yí | instrument, apparatus; ceremony, rites |
| 蚁 | yǐ | ant |
| 舣 | yǐ | to moor a boat |
Words containing 议
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 全国人大会议 | Quán guó Rén Dà huì yì | National People's Congress (NPC) |
| 国会议长 | guó huì yì zhǎng | chair (or president, speaker etc) of national congress |
| 国民议会 | guó mín yì huì | Assemblée nationale (French lower chamber); national parliament |
| 自报公议 | zì bào gōng yì | self-assessment; declare one's state for open discussion |
| 国会议员 | guó huì yì yuán | member of congress; congressman |
| 区议会 | qū yì huì | district council |
| 市议会 | shì yì huì | city council |
| 全体会议 | quán tǐ huì yì | general congress; meeting of the whole committee |
| 电话会议 | diàn huà huì yì | conference call; teleconference |
| 行政会议 | Xíng zhèng Huì yì | Executive Council of Hong Kong |
| 中国人民政治协商会议 | Zhōng guó Rén mín Zhèng zhì Xié shāng Huì yì | CPPCC (Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference) |
| 部长会议 | bù zhǎng huì yì | minister level conference |
| 异议分子 | yì yì fèn zǐ | dissident |
| 无可非议 | wú kě fēi yì | irreproachable (idiom); nothing blameworthy about it at all |
| 议会制 | yì huì zhì | parliamentary system |
| 不信任动议 | bù xìn rèn dòng yì | motion of no confidence (against the government, in parliamentary debates) |
| 公司会议 | gōng sī huì yì | company meeting |
| 政治异议人士 | zhèng zhì yì yì rén shì | political dissident |
| 市议员 | shì yì yuán | town councilor; city councilor; alderman |
| 议事日程 | yì shì rì chéng | agenda |