勝會

Chinese

		victorious; able to do; competent enough to	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. (勝會)		勝	會
simp. (胜会)		胜	会

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shènghuì

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄥˋ ㄏㄨㄟˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sing³ wui⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shènghuì
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄥˋ ㄏㄨㄟˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shènghuèi
    • Wade–Giles: shêng⁴-hui⁴
    • Yale: shèng-hwèi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shenqhuey
    • Palladius: шэнхуэй (šɛnxuej)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂɤŋ⁵¹⁻⁵³ xu̯eɪ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: sing³ wui⁶
    • Yale: sing wuih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sing³ wui⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: xing³ wui⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɪŋ³³ wuːi̯²²/

Noun

勝會

1. (literary) magnificent gathering

   盂蘭勝會／盂兰胜会 [Cantonese]  ―  jyu⁴ laan⁴ sing³ wui⁵ [Jyutping]  ―  (please add an English translation of this usage example)

   • 杜慎卿道：「我心裏想做一個勝會，擇一個日子，撿一個極大的地方，把這一百幾十班做旦腳的都叫了來，一個人做一齣戲。」 [Written Vernacular Chinese, trad.]
     杜慎卿道：「我心里想做一个胜会，择一个日子，捡一个极大的地方，把这一百几十班做旦脚的都叫了来，一个人做一出戏。」 [Written Vernacular Chinese, simp.]

     From: Wu Jingzi, The Scholars, 1750 CE

     Dù Shènqīng dào: “Wǒ xīnlǐ xiǎng zuò yī ge shènghuì, zé yī ge rìzǐ, jiǎn yī ge jí dà de dìfāng, bǎ zhè yī bǎi jǐ shí bān zuò dànjiǎo de dōu jiào le lái, yī ge rén zuò yī chū xì.” [Pinyin]

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Synonyms

• 盛會／盛会 (shènghuì)