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

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• 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. Meinong)
    • 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/

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• 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	/ʔenX/	/ʔenH/	/ɦuɑiH/
Pan Wuyun	/ʔenX/	/ʔenH/	/ɦʷɑiH/
Shao Rongfen	/ʔɛnX/	/ʔɛnH/	/ɣuɑiH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʔɛnX/	/ʔɛnH/	/ɦwajH/
Li Rong	/ʔenX/	/ʔenH/	/ɣuɑiH/
Wang Li	/ienX/	/ienH/	/ɣuɑiH/
Bernard Karlgren	/ʔienX/	/ʔienH/	/ɣuɑiH/
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	‹ ʔenH ›	‹ hwajH ›
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

1. banquet; dinner party; feast

   舉辦宴會／举办宴会  ―  jǔbàn yànhuì  ―  to hold a banquet

Synonyms

• 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)
• 飲宴／饮宴 (yǐnyàn)
• 饗宴／飨宴 (xiǎngyàn)

 

See also

• 派對／派对 (pàiduì)
• 聚會／聚会 (jùhuì)

Verb

宴會

1. to banquet (to participate in a banquet)

See also

• 聚會／聚会 (jùhuì)

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)

1. Hanja form^? of 연회 (“banquet”).