宴会 (yànhuì) · banquet

宴会 (yànhuì) means “banquet; dinner party”. It is written with 2 characters: 宴 (banquet) + 会 (can). It is an old HSK 5 word (HSK 2.0).

How 宴会 is built

What 宴 is made of

宀 — roof
- 丶 — dot
- 冖mì — cover
妟yàn — banquet
- 日rì — sun; day
  - 口kǒu — mouth
  - 一 — horizontal stroke
- 女nǚ — woman

What 会 is made of

人rén — person
云yún — cloud
- 二 — two strokes
  - 一 — horizontal stroke
  - 一 — horizontal stroke
- 厶sī — private

Origin hint: People 人 speaking 云 (from the Make Me a Hanzi dataset; treat as a memory aid where history is uncertain)

今晚公司有一个宴会。Jīnwǎn gōngsī yǒu yī gè yànhuì.The company has a banquet tonight.

很多客人参加了他们的结婚宴会。Hěnduō kèrén cānjiā le tāmen de jiéhūn yànhuì.Many guests attended their wedding banquet.

What does 宴会 mean?

宴会 (yànhuì) means “banquet; dinner party”.

How do you pronounce 宴会?

宴会 is pronounced yànhuì.

Which HSK level is 宴会?

宴会 is in Old HSK 5.

Learn 宴会 with its group

It is part of Old HSK 5 · Group 110: a short group with quick checks and spaced repeats.