會當

See also: 会当

Chinese

Etymology 1

		to meet; to gather; group to meet; to gather; group; to assemble; association; be able to; be likely to; to balance an account; accounting	to act as; represent; equal to act as; represent; equal; should; fitting; suitable; adequate; proper; replace; to be; to hold a position; manage; withstand; when; during; ought; match equally; same; obstruct; just at (a time or place); on the spot; right; just at
trad. (會當)		會	當
simp. (会当)		会	当

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): huìdāng

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄟˋ ㄉㄤ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: huìdāng
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄟˋ ㄉㄤ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: huèidang
    • Wade–Giles: hui⁴-tang¹
    • Yale: hwèi-dāng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hueydang
    • Palladius: хуэйдан (xuejdan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu̯eɪ̯⁵¹ tɑŋ⁵⁵/

Verb

會當

1. (literary) to be supposed to; should

Synonyms

• 該當／该当 (gāidāng)

Etymology 2

		to meet; to gather; group to meet; to gather; group; to assemble; association; be able to; be likely to; to balance an account; accounting	to act as; represent; equal to act as; represent; equal; should; fitting; suitable; adequate; proper; replace; to be; to hold a position; manage; withstand; when; during; ought; match equally; same; obstruct; just at (a time or place); on the spot; right; just at
trad. (會當)		會	當
simp. (会当)		会	当
alternative forms		會凍／会冻 能凍／能冻

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “from 會得通?”)

Pronunciation

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): ē-tàng / ě-tàng / ēre-tàng / ōe-tàng

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• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taipei, Kaohsiung, Tainan, Yilan, Kinmen, Magong)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ē-tàng
    • Tâi-lô: ē-tàng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: exdaxng
    • IPA (Kinmen): /e²²⁻¹² taŋ¹²/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /e²²⁻²¹ taŋ²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /e³³⁻¹¹ taŋ¹¹/
    • IPA (Tainan): /e³³⁻¹¹ taŋ²¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung, Yilan): /e³³⁻²¹ taŋ²¹/
  • (Hokkien: Lukang)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ě-tàng
    • Tâi-lô: ě-tàng
    • IPA (Lukang): /e³³⁻²² taŋ³¹/
  • (Hokkien: Sanxia)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ēre-tàng
    • Tâi-lô: erē-tàng
  • (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ōe-tàng
    • Tâi-lô: uē-tàng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: oexdaxng
    • IPA (Taipei): /ue³³⁻¹¹ taŋ¹¹/

Verb

會當

1. (Hokkien) can; be able to; be capable of

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 可以 (“can; may”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		可, 可以, 得
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		可, 可以, 得
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	可以
Mandarin	Malaysia	可以
	Singapore	可以
Cantonese	Guangzhou	可以, 得 >
	Hong Kong	可以, 得 >
	Taishan	可以
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	可以
	Singapore (Guangfu)	可以
Gan	Nanchang	做得
Hakka	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	做得
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	做得, 可以, 使得
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	做得
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	使得, 做得
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	做得
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	會用
	Kuching (Hepo)	做得
	Singapore (Dabu)	做得
Northern Min	Jian'ou	使得, 會使得
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	會使
Southern Min	Xiamen	會使, 會當, 會做, 會用, 會用得, 會得, 會得通, 會通, 通
	Quanzhou	會做, 會做得, 會用, 會用得, 會得, 會得通, 會通, 通
	Zhangzhou	會使, 會當, 會用, 會用得, 會得, 會得通, 會通, 通
	Taipei	會使, 會當
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	會使, 會當
	Kaohsiung	會用得, 會使, 會當
	Yilan	會使, 會當
	Changhua (Lukang)	會使, 會當
	Taichung	會用得, 會使得
	Tainan	會用得, 會使, 會當, 會得, 會得通, 通
	Hsinchu	會用得, 會使
	Kinmen	會使, 會當
	Penghu (Magong)	會使, 會當
	Penang (Hokkien)	會, 會使
	Singapore (Hokkien)	會使, 會做, 會用, 會得, 會當, 會通
	Manila (Hokkien)	會做, 會用, 會用得, 會做得
	Medan (Hokkien)	會使
	Chaozhou	可以
	Jieyang	好, 可以
	Haifeng	會得
	Singapore (Teochew)	會使, 會得
	Wenchang	可以
	Qionghai	可以
	Singapore (Hainanese)	可以
Zhongshan Min	Shaxi (Longdu)	得
Wu	Shanghai	好, 可以
	Suzhou	好
	Ningbo	好
Xiang	Changsha	做得, 可以得
Note	> - used after the verb

Antonyms

• 𣍐當／𫧃当

Further reading

• “Entry #9646”, in 臺灣閩南語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwan Minnan] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2023.