會堂

See also: 会堂

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	(main) hall; large room
trad. (會堂)		會	堂
simp. (会堂)		会	堂

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): huìtáng

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄟˋ ㄊㄤˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): wui⁶ tong⁴ / wui^6-2 tong⁴
• Eastern Min (BUC): huôi-dòng
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): hōe-tn̂g / hōe-tông

  (Teochew, Peng'im): huê⁶ deng⁵

• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁶we-daon

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: huìtáng
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄟˋ ㄊㄤˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: huèitáng
    • Wade–Giles: hui⁴-tʻang²
    • Yale: hwèi-táng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hueytarng
    • Palladius: хуэйтан (xuejtan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu̯eɪ̯⁵¹ tʰɑŋ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: wui⁶ tong⁴ / wui^6-2 tong⁴
    • Yale: wuih tòhng / wúi tòhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: wui⁶ tong⁴ / wui^6-2 tong⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: wui⁶ tong⁴ / wui^6-2 tong⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wuːi̯²² tʰɔːŋ²¹/, /wuːi̯²²⁻³⁵ tʰɔːŋ²¹/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: huôi-dòng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hui²⁴²⁻⁵⁵ ^(t-)louŋ⁵³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hōe-tn̂g
    • Tâi-lô: huē-tn̂g
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hoexd'ngg
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /hue⁴¹⁻²² tŋ̍²⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /hue²²⁻²¹ tŋ̍²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /hue²²⁻²¹ tŋ̍¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /hue³³⁻¹¹ tŋ̍²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /hue³³⁻²¹ tŋ̍²³/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hōe-tông
    • Tâi-lô: huē-tông
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hoexdoong
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /hue²²⁻²¹ tɔŋ¹³/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /hue²²⁻²¹ tɔŋ²⁴/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: huê⁶ deng⁵
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: huĕ tṳ̂ng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hue³⁵⁻¹¹ tɯŋ⁵⁵/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁶we-daon
    • MiniDict: we^去 daon
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³hhue-daan
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ɦue²² dɑ̃⁴⁴/

Noun

會堂

1. hall; meeting hall; assembly hall
2. Alternative name for 教堂 (jiàotáng, “various religious or ecclesiastical buildings: shrine, temple, chapel, church, mosque, synagogue, etc.”).

Derived terms

• 大會堂／大会堂 (dàhuìtáng)

 

References

• Duffus, William (1883) “Church”, in English-Chinese Vocabulary of the Vernacular or Spoken Language of Swatow, Swatow: English Presbyterian Mission Press, page 42