宴會

See also: 宴会

Chinese

		feast; repose	to meet; to gather; group to meet; to gather; group; to assemble; association; be able to; be likely to; to balance an account; accounting
trad. (宴會)		宴	會
simp. (宴会)		宴	会

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Standard)
(Pinyin): yànhuì

(Zhuyin): ㄧㄢˋ ㄏㄨㄟˋ

(Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): янхуэй (i͡anhuey, III-III)
Cantonese (Jyutping): jin³ wui⁶
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): yen-fi / yan-fi
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): iàn-hōe

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: yànhuì
  - Zhuyin: ㄧㄢˋ ㄏㄨㄟˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: yànhuèi
  - Wade–Giles: yen⁴-hui⁴
  - Yale: yàn-hwèi
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yannhuey
  - Palladius: яньхуэй (janʹxuej)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɛn⁵¹⁻⁵³ xu̯eɪ̯⁵¹/
- (Dungan)
  - Cyrillic and Wiktionary: янхуэй (i͡anhuey, III-III)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /iæ̃⁴⁴ xuɛi⁴⁴/
  (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: jin³ wui⁶
  - Yale: yin wuih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: jin³ wui⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: yin³ wui⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jiːn³³ wuːi̯²²/
Hakka
- (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yen-fi
  - Hakka Romanization System: ien fi
  - Hagfa Pinyim: yan⁴ fi⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /i̯en⁵⁵ fi⁵⁵/
- (Southern Sixian, incl. Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yan-fi
  - Hakka Romanization System: (r)ian fi
  - Hagfa Pinyim: yan⁴ fi⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /(j)i̯an⁵⁵ fi⁵⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: iàn-hōe
  - Tâi-lô: iàn-huē
  - Phofsit Daibuun: iernhoe
  - IPA (Xiamen): /iɛn²¹⁻⁵³ hue²²/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /iɛn⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ hue⁴¹/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /iɛn²¹⁻⁵³ hue²²/
  - IPA (Taipei): /iɛn¹¹⁻⁵³ hue³³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /iɛn²¹⁻⁴¹ hue³³/

Middle Chinese: 'enX|'enH hwajH

Rime
Character	宴	宴	會
Reading #	1/2	2/2	1/2
Initial (聲)	影 (34)	影 (34)	匣 (33)
Final (韻)	先 (85)	先 (85)	泰 (26)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)	Departing (H)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open	Closed
Division (等)	IV	IV	I
Fanqie	於殄切	於甸切	黃外切
Baxter	'enX	'enH	hwajH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʔen^X/	/ʔen^H/	/ɦuɑi^H/
Pan Wuyun	/ʔen^X/	/ʔen^H/	/ɦʷɑi^H/
Shao Rongfen	/ʔɛn^X/	/ʔɛn^H/	/ɣuɑi^H/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʔɛn^X/	/ʔɛn^H/	/ɦwaj^H/
Li Rong	/ʔen^X/	/ʔen^H/	/ɣuɑi^H/
Wang Li	/ien^X/	/ien^H/	/ɣuɑi^H/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ʔien^X/	/ʔien^H/	/ɣuɑi^H/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	yǎn	yàn	huì
Expected Cantonese Reflex	jin²	jin³	wui⁶

Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*ʔˤe[n]-s m-kˤop-s/

(Zhengzhang): /*qeːnʔ|qeːns ɡoːbs/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	宴	會
Reading #	1/1	1/3
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	yàn	huì
Middle Chinese	‹ ʔen^H ›	‹ hwaj^H ›
Old Chinese	/*ʔˁe[n]-s/	/*m-kˁop-s/
English	feast (n.)	meeting; have a meeting
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. [t] as coda may in fact be -t or -p; Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	宴	宴	會
Reading #	1/2	2/2	2/2
No.	14380	14383	5507
Phonetic component	妟	妟	會
Rime group	元	元	蓋
Rime subdivision	2	2	3
Corresponding MC rime	蝘	宴
Old Chinese	/*qeːnʔ/	/*qeːns/	/*ɡoːbs/
Notes			金文從合甑，合亦聲，說文古文作㣛，皆表與合同源

Noun

宴會

banquet; dinner party; feast
舉辦宴會／举办宴会 ― jǔbàn yànhuì ― to hold a banquet

Synonyms

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夜宴 (yèyàn, “evening banquet”) (literary)
大菜 (dàcài)
宴席 (yànxí)
筵宴 (yányàn) (literary)
筵席 (yánxí)
酒宴 (jiǔyàn)
酒席 (jiǔxí)
酒水 (Wu)
酒筵 (jiǔyán) (literary)
飲宴 / 饮宴 (yǐnyàn)
饗宴 / 飨宴 (xiǎngyàn)

Verb

宴會

to banquet (to participate in a banquet)

Derived terms

宴會廳 / 宴会厅 (yànhuìtīng)
生日宴會 / 生日宴会 (shēngrì yànhuì)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (宴會):

→ Japanese: 宴会(えんかい) (enkai) (see there for further descendants)
→ Korean: 연회(宴會) (yeonhoe)
→ Vietnamese: yến hội (宴會)

Korean

Hanja in this term
宴	會

Noun

宴會 • (yeonhoe) (hangeul 연회)

hanja form^? of 연회 (“banquet”)