會堂

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
• Min Nan

  (Hokkien, POJ): hōe-tn̂g / hōe-tông

  (Teochew, Peng'im): huê⁶ deng⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: huìtáng
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄟˋ ㄊㄤˊ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hueytarng
    • IPA ^(key): /xu̯eɪ̯⁵¹ tʰɑŋ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: wui⁶ tong⁴
    • Yale: wuih tòhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: wui⁶ tong⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: wui⁶ tong⁴
    • IPA ^(key): /wuːi̯²² tʰɔːŋ²¹/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, mainstream 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
    • IPA ^(key): /hue³⁵⁻¹¹ tɯŋ⁵⁵/

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