會館

See also: 会館 and 会馆

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	house; establishment
trad. (會館)		會	館
simp. (会馆)		会	馆
alternative forms		會舘／会舘

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): huìguǎn

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄟˋ ㄍㄨㄢˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): wui⁶ gun²
• Eastern Min (BUC): huôi-guāng
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hōe-koán

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: huìguǎn
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄟˋ ㄍㄨㄢˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: huèiguǎn
    • Wade–Giles: hui⁴-kuan³
    • Yale: hwèi-gwǎn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hueygoan
    • Palladius: хуэйгуань (xuejguanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu̯eɪ̯⁵¹ ku̯än²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: wui⁶ gun²
    • Yale: wuih gún
    • Cantonese Pinyin: wui⁶ gun²
    • Guangdong Romanization: wui⁶ gun²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wuːi̯²² kuːn³⁵/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: huôi-guāng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hui²⁴²⁻⁵³ ^(k-)uaŋ³³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hōe-koán
    • Tâi-lô: huē-kuán
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hoexkoarn
    • IPA (Xiamen): /hue²²⁻²¹ kuan⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /hue⁴¹⁻²² kuan⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /hue²²⁻²¹ kuan⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /hue³³⁻¹¹ kuan⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /hue³³⁻²¹ kuan⁴¹/

Noun

會館

1. institution set up in a capital city or other domestic or overseas city by people from the same hometown or operating the same business; guildhall; clan association; kongsi
2. (Taiwan) hostel; hotel

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (會館):

• → Japanese: 会(かい)館(かん) (kaikan)
• → Korean: 회관(會館) (hoegwan)
• → Vietnamese: hội quán (會館)

Others:

• → English: huay kuan

Japanese

Kanji in this term
會	館
かい Hyōgaiji	かん Grade: 3
on’yomi

For pronunciation and definitions of 會館 – see the following entry.

【会館かいかん】 [noun] building that hosts Chinese hometown associations; kongsi [noun] (by extension) meeting hall, place of assembly Alternative spellings 会舘, 會舘

(This term, 會館, is the kyūjitai of the above term.)

Korean

Hanja in this term
會	館

Noun

會館 • (hoegwan) (hangeul 회관)

1. Hanja form^? of 회관 (“hall, meeting hall”).

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
會	館

Noun

會館

1. chữ Hán form of hội quán (“premises of an association, usually a Chinese clan association”).