會稽

See also: 会稽

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	bow to the ground; inspect; check
trad. (會稽)		會	稽
simp. (会稽)		会	稽
alternative forms		會計／会计

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Kuàijī, Guìjī

  (Zhuyin): ㄎㄨㄞˋ ㄐㄧ, ㄍㄨㄟˋ ㄐㄧ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): kui² kai¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): Kòe-khe

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Kuàijī
    • Zhuyin: ㄎㄨㄞˋ ㄐㄧ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Kuàiji
    • Wade–Giles: Kʻuai⁴-chi¹
    • Yale: Kwài-jī
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Kuayji
    • Palladius: Куайцзи (Kuajczi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰu̯aɪ̯⁵¹ t͡ɕi⁵⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Taiwan, variant in Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Guìjī
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄟˋ ㄐㄧ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Guèiji
    • Wade–Giles: Kuei⁴-chi¹
    • Yale: Gwèi-jī
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Gueyji
    • Palladius: Гуйцзи (Gujczi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ku̯eɪ̯⁵¹ t͡ɕi⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: kui² kai¹
    • Yale: kúi kāi
    • Cantonese Pinyin: kui² kai¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: kui² kei¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰuːi̯³⁵ kʰɐi̯⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Kòe-khe
    • Tâi-lô: Kuè-khe
    • Phofsit Daibuun: koea'qef
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kue²¹⁻⁵³ kʰe⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kue⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ kʰe³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kue²¹⁻⁵³ kʰe⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /kue¹¹⁻⁵³ kʰe⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kue²¹⁻⁴¹ kʰe⁴⁴/

Proper noun

(deprecated template usage) 會稽

1. (～山) (historical) Mount Kuaiji, the historical name of Mount Xianglu, a peak south of Hangzhou Bay legendarily connected to Yu the Great
2. (～山) the Kuaiji Mountains, a short range of mountains in Zhejiang south of Hangzhou Bay
3. (～郡) (historical) Kuaiji Commandery, a former commandery of China around the mountain

   • 會于會稽山陰之蘭亭 [Literary Chinese, trad.]
     会于会稽山阴之兰亭 [Literary Chinese, simp.]

     From: 353 CE, Wang Xizhi, Preface to the Poems Composed at the Orchid Pavilion

     huì yú Kuàijī shānyīn zhī lán tíng [Pinyin]

     We all gathered at the orchid pavilion in Shanyin County, Kuaiji Prefecture, […]

4. (～縣) (historical) Kuaiji County, a former county of China around Shaoxing
5. (historical) Kuaiji, the name borne by Suzhou during the Qin and Han dynasties and by Shaoxing during subsequent dynasties, owing to their position as headquarters of the commandery