會城

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	city walls; city; town
trad. (會城)		會	城
simp. (会城)		会	城

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): huìchéng

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄟˋ ㄔㄥˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): wui⁶ sing⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: huìchéng
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄟˋ ㄔㄥˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: huèichéng
    • Wade–Giles: hui⁴-chʻêng²
    • Yale: hwèi-chéng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hueycherng
    • Palladius: хуэйчэн (xuejčɛn)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu̯eɪ̯⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʰɤŋ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: wui⁶ sing⁴
    • Yale: wuih sìhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: wui⁶ sing⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: wui⁶ xing⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wuːi̯²² sɪŋ²¹/

Noun

會城

1. (literary) provincial capital

   • 王冕一路風餐露宿，九十里大站，七十里小站，一徑來到山東濟南府地方。這山東雖是近北省分，這會城卻也人物富庶，房舍稠密。 [Written Vernacular Chinese, trad.]
     王冕一路风餐露宿，九十里大站，七十里小站，一径来到山东济南府地方。这山东虽是近北省分，这会城却也人物富庶，房舍稠密。 [Written Vernacular Chinese, simp.]

     From: Wu Jingzi, The Scholars, 1750 CE

     Wáng Miǎn yīlù fēngcānlùsù, jiǔshí lǐ dà zhàn, qīshí lǐ xiǎo zhàn, yījìng lái dào Shāndōng Jìnán Fǔ dìfāng. Zhè Shāndōng suī shì jìn běi shěngfèn, zhè huìchéng què yě rénwù fùshù, fángshè chóumì. [Pinyin]

     (please add an English translation of this usage example)

Etymology 2

		Short for 新會／新会 (Xīnhuì)	city walls; city; town
trad. (會城)		會	城
simp. (会城)		会	城

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Huìchéng

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄟˋ ㄔㄥˊ

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): wui⁶ sing⁴

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): voi⁵ siang³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Huìchéng
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄟˋ ㄔㄥˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Huèichéng
    • Wade–Giles: Hui⁴-chʻêng²
    • Yale: Hwèi-chéng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Hueycherng
    • Palladius: Хуэйчэн (Xuejčɛn)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu̯eɪ̯⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʰɤŋ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: wui⁶ sing⁴
    • Yale: wuih sìhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: wui⁶ sing⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: wui⁶ xing⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wuːi̯²² sɪŋ²¹/
  • (Taishanese, Taicheng)
    • Wiktionary: voi⁵ siang³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /vᵘɔi³² siaŋ²²/

Proper noun

會城

1. (～街道) Huicheng (a subdistrict of Xinhui district, Jiangmen, Guangdong, China)