to comment on

to discuss; to suggest

speech (讠) + [sound] (义) = to discuss and comment

The speech radical (讠) carries the full meaning here — to discuss is to put words into motion. 义 lends its sound yì rather than its sense of righteousness.

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RighteousnessPhonetic
SpeechSemantic

他提大家一起去吃饭。

tā tí yì dà jiā yī qǐ qù chī fàn 。

He suggested that everyone go eat together.

我们开会时商了这个新计划。

wǒ men kāi huì shí shāng yì le zhè ge xīn jì huà 。

We discussed this new plan during the meeting.

Words with 议

达成协议

dá chéng xié yì

to reach agreement

遵义会议

zūn yì huì yì

Zunyi conference of January 1935 before the Long March

部长会议

bù zhǎng huì yì

minister level conference

部长级会议

bù zhǎng jí huì yì

minister level conference

酌议

zhuó yì

to consider and discuss

闭门会议

bì mén huì yì

closed-door meeting

开议

kāi yì

to hold a (business) meeting

阁议

gé yì

cabinet meeting

附议

fù yì

to second a motion

非议

fēi yì

to criticize

电话会议

diàn huà huì yì

(telephone) conference call

首脑会议

shǒu nǎo huì yì

leadership conference

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