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會: to know/group | accountancy

By September 19, 2013January 16th, 2017Chinese Word, Japanese Word, Language-Learning

 

會 [会] huì

noun | adjective | adverb | auxiliary verb
: corpse

會 [会] kuài

noun
: to calculate/balance an account; accounting

Kun Reading

会 | あわす awasu

Godan verb with su ending | transitive verb
: to meet / expose

あう au

Godan verb with u ending | transitive verb
: to meet

會 | あい ai OR かい kai

used as part of names

On Reading

かい kai

noun
: meeting; assembly

 Usage:

 

會話 [会话] hui4hua4: conversation [会話|かいわ kaiwa]
會議 [会议] hui4yi4: meeting; conference [会議|かいぎ kaigi]
會見 hui4jian: 2meet w/ [かいけん kaiken: interview; audience]
會場 [会场] hui4chang3: meeting place [かいじょう kaijyou]
社會 she4hui4: society [しゃかい shakai]

Japanese:
社会人|しゃかいじん shakaijin: full-fledged member of society; working adult

晚會 wan3hui4: evening party
宴會 yan4hui4: banquet [えんかい enkai]
機會 ji1hui4: opportunity [きかい kikai]

Japanese Expression:
機会をうかがう|きかいをうかがう kikaio ukagau (godan verb with -u ending):
to wait for one’s chance; to wait for an opportunity

大會 da4hui4: general assembly; convention; rally [たいかい taikai]
工會 gong1hui4: labor/trade union
會計 [会计] kuai4ji4: accountancy [かいけい kaikei]
會計學 [会计学] kuai4ji4 xue: accounting
會計師 kuai4ji4 shi1: accountant [会計士|かいけいし kaikeishi]
 Etymology:

象形 Pictographic.
Container 曰 (yue1: to speak) of food
with a lid 亼 (ji2: to assemble/gather)



假借 Phonetic Loan .
Original form of 膾 (kuai4: minced meat)



簡體 Simplified.

 Examples:

 

一會兒見。
(yīhuìr jiàn)
See you later! (soon)

 

Resources: Chinese Dictionary | Japanese Dictionary