议会

議會

yìhuì

noun HSK 7 #5,008

Measure Word

一届议会 jiè

Meanings

1 parliament
2 legislature
3 congress

Characters

discuss; deliberate

assembly; meeting

Literally 'deliberation assembly' — parliament

Examples

议会通过了一项新法律。

Yìhuì tōngguò le yī xiàng xīn fǎlǜ.

The parliament passed a new law.

议会将在下周召开。

Yìhuì jiāng zài xià zhōu zhàokāi.

Parliament will convene next week.

Tips

usage

议会 refers to foreign parliaments. China's legislature is called 全国人民代表大会 (Quánguó Rénmín Dàibiǎo Dàhuì), commonly shortened to 人大 (Réndà).

Stroke Order

议 yì

会 huì