會計

See also: 会計 and 会计

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	to calculate; to compute; to count to calculate; to compute; to count; reckon; ruse; to plan
trad. (會計)		會	計
simp. (会计)		会	计

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): kuàijì

  (Zhuyin): ㄎㄨㄞˋ ㄐㄧˋ

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): wui⁶ gai³ / kui² gai³ / kui³ gai³

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): voi⁵ gai¹

• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): fi-kie / fi-ki
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): kòe-kè / hōe-kè

  (Teochew, Peng'im): guai³ goi³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: kuàijì → kuàiji (toneless final syllable variant)
    • Zhuyin: ㄎㄨㄞˋ ㄐㄧˋ → ㄎㄨㄞˋ ˙ㄐㄧ (toneless final syllable variant)
    • Tongyong Pinyin: kuàiji̊
    • Wade–Giles: kʻuai⁴-chi⁵
    • Yale: kwài-ji
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kuay.jih
    • Palladius: куайцзи (kuajczi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰu̯aɪ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡ɕi⁵¹/ → /kʰu̯aɪ̯⁵¹ d͡ʑ̥i¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: wui⁶ gai³ / kui² gai³ / kui³ gai³
    • Yale: wuih gai / kúi gai / kui gai
    • Cantonese Pinyin: wui⁶ gai³ / kui² gai³ / kui³ gai³
    • Guangdong Romanization: wui⁶ gei³ / kui² gei³ / kui³ gei³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wuːi̯²² kɐi̯³³/, /kʰuːi̯³⁵ kɐi̯³³/, /kʰuːi̯³³ kɐi̯³³/
  • (Taishanese, Taicheng)
    • Wiktionary: voi⁵ gai¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /vᵘɔi³² kai³³/
• Hakka
  • (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: fi-kie
    • Hakka Romanization System: fi gie
    • Hagfa Pinyim: fi⁴ gie⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /fi⁵⁵ ki̯e⁵⁵/
  • (Southern Sixian, incl. Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: fi-ki
    • Hakka Romanization System: fi gi
    • Hagfa Pinyim: fi⁴ gi⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /fi⁵⁵ ki⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kòe-kè
    • Tâi-lô: kuè-kè
    • Phofsit Daibuun: koea'kex
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kue²¹⁻⁴¹ ke²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /kue¹¹⁻⁵³ ke¹¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /kue²¹⁻⁵³ ke²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kue⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ ke⁴¹/
  • (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hōe-kè
    • Tâi-lô: huē-kè
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hoexkex
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /hue³³⁻²¹ ke²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /hue³³⁻¹¹ ke¹¹/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: guai³ goi³
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: kuài kòi
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kuai²¹³⁻⁵⁵ koi²¹³/

Etymology 1

Wasei kango (和製漢語), orthographically borrowed from Japanese 会計(かいけい) (kaikei, “accountant”), which was in turn a semantic readaptation of Chinese 會計／会计 (kuàijì, “to do accounting work”).

Noun

(deprecated template usage) 會計

1. accounting; accountancy

   會計事務所／会计事务所  ―  kuàijì shìwùsuǒ  ―  accounting firm

2. accountant

Etymology 2

Attestable in Classical Chinese.

Verb

會計

1. (Classical) to examine and calculate
2. (Classical) to do accounting work
3. (Classical, of the Son of Heaven) to give out rewards to vassals based on merit
4. (Classical) to plan; to manage

Synonyms

• (to examine and calculate):

(deprecated template usage)

• 合算 (hésuàn)
• 推算 (tuīsuàn)
• 摟／搂 (lōu) (regional, figurative)
• 核算 (hésuàn)
• 核計／核计 (héjì)
• 算計／算计 (suànjì)
• 計算／计算 (jìsuàn)
• 計量／计量

 

Proper noun

(deprecated template usage) 會計

1. (historical) Alternative name for 會稽／会稽 (Kuàijī, “Mount Kuaiji”).
2. (historical) Alternative name for 會稽／会稽 (Kuàijī, “Kuaiji (place name)”).

(deprecated template usage)