會社
See also: 会社
Chinese
to meet; to gather; group to meet; to gather; group; to assemble; association; be able to; be likely to; to balance an account; accounting |
society; group | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (會社) | 會 | 社 | |
| simp. (会社) | 会 | 社 | |
| anagram | 社會／社会 | ||
Etymology
Original senses attestable in Classical Chinese. In the sense of "company", reborrowed from Japanese 會社 (kaisha).
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- Cantonese (Jyutping): wui6 se5
- Hakka (Sixian, PFS): fi-sa
- Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hōe-siā
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: huìshè
- Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄟˋ ㄕㄜˋ
- Tongyong Pinyin: huèishè
- Wade–Giles: hui4-shê4
- Yale: hwèi-shè
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hueysheh
- Palladius: хуэйшэ (xuejšɛ)
- Sinological IPA (key): /xu̯eɪ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʂɤ⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: wui6 se5
- Yale: wuih séh
- Cantonese Pinyin: wui6 se5
- Guangdong Romanization: wui6 sé5
- Sinological IPA (key): /wuːi̯²² sɛː¹³/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: fi-sa
- Hakka Romanization System: fi sa
- Hagfa Pinyim: fi4 sa4
- Sinological IPA: /fi⁵⁵ sa⁵⁵/
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hōe-siā
- Tâi-lô: huē-siā
- Phofsit Daibuun: hoexsia
- IPA (Xiamen): /hue²²⁻²¹ sia²²/
- IPA (Quanzhou): /hue⁴¹⁻²² sia⁴¹/
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /hue²²⁻²¹ sia²²/
- IPA (Taipei): /hue³³⁻¹¹ sia³³/
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /hue³³⁻²¹ sia³³/
- (Hokkien)
Noun
會社
- (history) guild
- association
- (in reference to Japan or Korea) company
Derived terms
Japanese
| For pronunciation and definitions of 會社 – see the following entry. | ||
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| (This term, 會社, is the kyūjitai of the above term.) |
Korean
| Hanja in this term | |
|---|---|
| 會 | 社 |
Noun
會社 • (hoesa) (hangeul 회사)