国会

• 拼音: guó huì
• 汉字拆解: 国 = 囗 (enclosure) + 玉 (jade); 会 = 人 (person) + 云 (cloud, phonetic), meaning assembly

含义

Parliament; congress; national legislature. The supreme legislative body of a country.

Used to refer to foreign legislatures like the U.S. Congress (美国国会), British Parliament, Japanese Diet, etc. China's legislature is called 全国人民代表大会 (National People's Congress), often abbreviated 全国人大, not 国会. Common collocations: 国会议员 (congressman/MP), 国会大厦 (Capitol building).

例句

1. 这项法案在国会引发了激烈辩论，反对派议员提出了强烈抗议。
2. 美国国会由参议院和众议院两部分组成。
3. 日本国会刚刚通过了一项新的环保法规。

用法指南

语境: politics, international affairs, news

语气: official

正确说法

• 国会议员投票支持了这项提案。(Members of Congress voted in favor of the proposal.)
• 这件事已经提交国会审议。(This matter has been submitted to Congress for deliberation.)

错误说法

• 把中国全国人大说成国会 (Don't call China's NPC 国会 — use 全国人大 or 人大; 国会 is for foreign legislatures)

起源与历史

Compound of 国 (country, nation) + 会 (assembly, meeting). Borrowed from Japanese 国会 (kokkai) during late Qing modernization.

文化背景

世代: All ages

社会背景: Universal