會
简 会 · 繁 會Characters in this entry
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4 · hui4
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Compare dictionary sources Wiktionary · 29 senses · 6 Cantonese readings
Rime Cantonese 粵拼
kui2 · kui3 · wui2 · wui3 · wui5 · wui6
Cantonese word readings for 會. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.
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Independent source senses for this spelling, with usage labels retained. Not matched to the pronunciation above.
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- union; group; association (Classifier: 個／个)
- union; group; association (Classifier: 個／个) — (Cantonese) mutual aid association that raises fund
- economic or political centre; major city
- occasion; opportunity; chance
- (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) lid; cover
- (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) to match; to conform
- (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) to marry
- (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) to copulate
- to gather; to assemble
- to meet; to rendezvous
- meeting; gathering (Classifier: 場／场; 次)
- meeting; gathering (Classifier: 場／场; 次) — Especially, meetings of deputies of their sovereigns in ancient China to form alliances.
- temple fair
- to understand; to grasp
- (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) rhythm; cadence
- (literary) by chance; as it happens
- (literary) ought to; should
- (Zhangzhou Hokkien) to clarify; to clear up
- (Zhangzhou Hokkien) to express appreciation verbally
- (Taoism) epoch, a lunar or grand cycle of 10,800 years
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- to know how to perform a task; can; to be able to
- to be good at; to be skillful in
- will; to be likely to; to be sure to
- would; to be willing to
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- moment
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- (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) to compute; to calculate; to sum; to do accounting
- a surname
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- only used in 會稽／会稽 (Kuàijī, “Guiji Commandery”)
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- only used in 會撮／会撮
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