委员会 (wěiyuánhuì): committee

Measure Word

一个委员会 gè

Meanings

1 committee
2 commission

Characters

委

wěi

to entrust; committee

assembly; organization

Examples

HSK 4

委员会决定推迟会议。

Wěiyuánhuì juédìng tuīchí huìyì.

The committee decided to postpone the meeting.

HSK 7-9

奥林匹克委员会总部在瑞士。

Àolínpǐkè wěiyuánhuì zǒngbù zài Ruìshì.

The Olympic Committee headquarters is in Switzerland.

Tips

usage

委员会 is very common in formal/political contexts. Often abbreviated in compound names: 国际奥委会 (International Olympic Committee).

Stroke Order

委 wěi

员 yuán

会 huì

Related Words

委员 wěiyuán HSK 7-9 #11,830

committee member / commissioner

专门委员会 zhuānmén wěiyuánhuì

special committee / standing committee (on a specific topic, esp. within the NPC) / specialized committee

经济贸易委员会 jīngjì màoyì wěiyuánhuì

Economic and Trade Commission / economic and trade committee

学位委员会 xuéwèi wěiyuánhuì

academic degree committee / degree-awarding committee

业主委员会 yèzhǔ wěiyuánhuì

homeowners' committee / property owners' committee / HOA board

村民委员会 cūnmín wěiyuánhuì

villagers' committee / village-level self-governance body

中央军事委员会 zhōngyāng jūnshì wěiyuánhuì

Central Military Commission (PRC) / CMC

会员 huìyuán HSK 3 #4,831

member / membership

委员长 wěiyuánzhǎng #37,124

chairman of a committee / head of a commission / Chairman of the NPC Standing Committee / Generalissimo

全国人民代表大会常务委员 Quánguó Rénmín Dàibiǎo Dàhuì Chángwù Wěiyuán

member of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress / NPC Standing Committee member