议
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to comment on; to discuss; to suggest
Formation & memory
Break the character into parts you already know.
How to remember it
deliberate · Heisig RSH #1181
words + 义 righteousness
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Words with 议
The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 全国人大会议 | National People's Congress (NPC) | |
| 国会议长 | chair (or president, speaker etc) of national congress | |
| 国民议会 | Assemblée nationale (French lower chamber); national parliament | |
| 自报公议 | self-assessment; declare one's state for open discussion | |
| 国会议员 | member of congress; congressman | |
| 区议会 | district council | |
| 市议会 | city council | |
| 全体会议 | general congress; meeting of the whole committee | |
| 电话会议 | conference call; teleconference | |
| 行政会议 | Executive Council of Hong Kong | |
| 中国人民政治协商会议 | CPPCC (Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference) | |
| 部长会议 | minister level conference | |
| 异议分子 | dissident | |
| 无可非议 | irreproachable (idiom); nothing blameworthy about it at all | |
| 议会制 | parliamentary system | |
| 不信任动议 | motion of no confidence (against the government, in parliamentary debates) | |
| 公司会议 | company meeting | |
| 政治异议人士 | political dissident | |
| 市议员 | town councilor; city councilor; alderman | |
| 议事日程 | agenda |
Sound family
Characters sharing the sound component 义 — compare how they read.