會堂
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See also: 会堂
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 |
(main) hall; large room | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (會堂) | 會 | 堂 | |
| simp. (会堂) | 会 | 堂 | |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- Cantonese (Jyutping): wui6 tong4 / wui6-2 tong4
- Eastern Min (BUC): huôi-dòng
- Southern Min
- Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): 6we-daon
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄟˋ ㄊㄤˊ
- Tongyong Pinyin: huèitáng
- Wade–Giles: hui4-tʻang2
- Yale: hwèi-táng
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hueytarng
- Palladius: хуэйтан (xuejtan)
- Sinological IPA (key): /xu̯eɪ̯⁵¹ tʰɑŋ³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: wui6 tong4 / wui6-2 tong4
- Yale: wuih tòhng / wúi tòhng
- Cantonese Pinyin: wui6 tong4 / wui6-2 tong4
- Guangdong Romanization: wui6 tong4 / wui6-2 tong4
- Sinological IPA (key): /wuːi̯²² tʰɔːŋ²¹/, /wuːi̯²²⁻³⁵ tʰɔːŋ²¹/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
- Bàng-uâ-cê: huôi-dòng
- Sinological IPA (key): /hui²⁴²⁻⁵⁵ (t-)louŋ⁵³/
- (Fuzhou)
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hōe-tông
- Tâi-lô: huē-tông
- Phofsit Daibuun: hoexdoong
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /hue²²⁻²¹ tɔŋ¹³/
- IPA (Xiamen): /hue²²⁻²¹ tɔŋ²⁴/
- (Teochew)
- Peng'im: huê6 deng5
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: huĕ tṳ̂ng
- Sinological IPA (key): /hue³⁵⁻¹¹ tɯŋ⁵⁵/
- Wu
Noun
會堂
- hall; meeting hall; assembly hall
- Alternative name for 教堂 (jiàotáng, “various religious or ecclesiastical buildings: shrine, temple, chapel, church, mosque, synagogue, etc.”).
Derived terms
References
- Duffus, William (1883) “Church”, in English-Chinese Vocabulary of the Vernacular or Spoken Language of Swatow, Swatow: English Presbyterian Mission Press, page 42