<p>A town hall meeting is known as <a href="http://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%B8%82%E6%B0%91%E5%A4%A7%E4%BC%9A" rel="nofollow">市民大会</a> or 市政厅会议. It has to be noted that this concept originates from <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Town_hall_meeting" rel="nofollow">America</a> and may not be well received in other countries depending on the political system.</p>

<p>A Facebook or a Twitter town hall meeting can be generally termed as 网上市民大会. An example sourced from <a href="http://www.chinanews.com/gj/2011/04-21/2987476.shtml" rel="nofollow">this</a> news article reads:</p>

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  <p>中新社旧金山4月20日电(记者
  刘丹)20日下午，美国总统奥巴马在加州帕洛阿图市的脸书(Facebook)总部举行“分担责任共享繁荣”<b>网上市民大会</b>时表示，希望更多有智慧有雄心的人留在美国，不希望看到下一个英特尔这样的企业在中国或法国创业。</p>
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2012-10-19T13:46:34.933Z
我好像记得公司的员工大会也用了这个，也可以用吗，我们是外企
liam xu
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2012-10-19T16:13:50.880Z
在其他方面如企业,英语词汇是有用到的(Stackoverflow Meta 里就有用到这词),但不正规。至于华语词汇我就不晓得了。
杨以轩
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2012-10-19T20:56:49.673Z
@liamxu In the companies I've worked for, 员工大会 is called "company meeting" or "all-hands meeting". "Town hall" is more of a Q/A session with managers that you are free to attend or not. Chinese translation is 与xxx面对面/见面会/问答会.
NS.X.
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2013-01-31T00:57:14.890Z
@liamxu If you like the answer, you should **upvote and accept the answer**. Otherwise, Mr. Overflow goes unrewarded for his hard work (except for my upvote).
Stumpy Joe Pete
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2012-10-19T13:25:41.810Z
2012-10-19T13:25:41.810Z
杨以轩
<p>I watched the video ' Obama's Twitter Town Hall- Full Video ' in Youtube.But I knew the <strong>Town Hall</strong> means '市政厅',and what does it mean here?</p>

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2012-10-19T13:30:16.170Z
It is actually a town hall meeting. The word "meeting" could have been dropped from the video title.
杨以轩
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What does 'twitter/facebook Town Hall' mean in Chinese?
# What does 'twitter/facebook Town Hall' mean in Chinese?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2012-10-19)

I watched the video ' Obama's Twitter Town Hall- Full Video ' in Youtube.But I knew the **Town Hall** means '市政厅',and what does it mean here?

**Tags:** translation, meaning

> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: It is actually a town hall meeting. The word "meeting" could have been dropped from the video title.  

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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_1 on 2012-10-19. Score: 2 | Accepted answer

A town hall meeting is known as [市民大会](http://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%B8%82%E6%B0%91%E5%A4%A7%E4%BC%9A) or 市政厅会议. It has to be noted that this concept originates from [America](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Town_hall_meeting) and may not be well received in other countries depending on the political system.

A Facebook or a Twitter town hall meeting can be generally termed as 网上市民大会. An example sourced from [this](http://www.chinanews.com/gj/2011/04-21/2987476.shtml) news article reads:

> 中新社旧金山4月20日电(记者
> 刘丹)20日下午，美国总统奥巴马在加州帕洛阿图市的脸书(Facebook)总部举行“分担责任共享繁荣”**网上市民大会**时表示，希望更多有智慧有雄心的人留在美国，不希望看到下一个英特尔这样的企业在中国或法国创业。

> **Comments:**
> **username_0**: 我好像记得公司的员工大会也用了这个，也可以用吗，我们是外企  
> **username_1**: 在其他方面如企业,英语词汇是有用到的(Stackoverflow Meta 里就有用到这词),但不正规。至于华语词汇我就不晓得了。  
> **username_2**: @username_0 In the companies I've worked for, 员工大会 is called "company meeting" or "all-hands meeting". "Town hall" is more of a Q/A session with managers that you are free to attend or not. Chinese translation is 与xxx面对面/见面会/问答会.  
> **username_3**: @username_0 If you like the answer, you should **upvote and accept the answer**. Otherwise, Mr. Overflow goes unrewarded for his hard work (except for my upvote).  

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