送礼会

送禮會
sònglǐhuì
noun

Measure Word

Meanings

  1. 1 shower (party for a bride, baby, etc.)
  2. 2 gift-giving party

Examples

Tā xiàzhōu yào cānjiā hǎo péngyou de yīng'ér sònglǐhuì.
She's going to her best friend's baby shower next week.
Xīnniáng sònglǐhuì zài Xīfāng hěn cháng jiàn.
Bridal showers are very common in the West.

Tips

culture
A direct calque of English 'shower' (gift-giving party). The custom isn't traditionally Chinese — Chinese baby celebrations center on 满月 (mǎnyuèjiǔ, 'one-month banquet') after birth, not before. 送礼会 is mainly used to describe Western customs or Westernized urban events.
memory
'give' + 'gift' + 'meeting' = a 'gift-giving meeting'. Compositional and easy to parse if you know the parts.

Stroke Order

sòng
huì