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

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Kuàijī, Guìjī

  (Zhuyin): ㄎㄨㄞˋ ㄐㄧ, ㄍㄨㄟˋ ㄐㄧ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): kui² kai¹
• Northern Min (KCR): Ko̿-gí
• Eastern Min (BUC): Gói-kiĕ
• 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/
• Northern Min
  • (Jian'ou)
    • Kienning Colloquial Romanized: Ko̿-gí
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰo³³ ki⁵⁴/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: Gói-kiĕ
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kui²¹³⁻⁵⁵ ^(kʰ-)ie⁵⁵/
• 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/

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• Middle Chinese: kwajH kej

Rime
Character	會	稽
Reading #	2/2	1/2
Initial (聲)	見 (28)	見 (28)
Final (韻)	泰 (26)	齊 (39)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Open
Division (等)	I	IV
Fanqie	古外切	古奚切
Baxter	kwajH	kej
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kuɑiH/	/kei/
Pan Wuyun	/kʷɑiH/	/kei/
Shao Rongfen	/kuɑiH/	/kɛi/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kwajH/	/kɛj/
Li Rong	/kuɑiH/	/kei/
Wang Li	/kuɑiH/	/kiei/
Bernhard Karlgren	/kuɑiH/	/kiei/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	guì	jī
Expected Cantonese Reflex	gui3	gai1

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*kˤop-s  kˤij/

  (Zhengzhang): /*koːbs  kiː/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	會	稽	稽	稽
Reading #	3/3	1/4	2/4	3/4
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	kuài	jī	jī	jī
Middle Chinese	‹ kwajH ›	‹ kej ›	‹ kej ›	‹ kej ›
Old Chinese	/*kˁop-s/	/*kˁij/	/*kˁij/	/*kˁij/
English	calculate; calculation	accord with	cultivate (field)	calculate
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	會	稽
Reading #	1/2	1/2
No.	5493	17317
Phonetic component	會	旨
Rime group	蓋	脂
Rime subdivision	3	2
Corresponding MC rime	儈	雞
Old Chinese	/*koːbs/	/*kiː/

Proper noun

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

Derived terms

• 會稽之恥／会稽之耻