會當

會當

See also: 会当

Chinese

Pronunciation 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	to act as; represent; equal to act as; represent; equal; should; fitting; suitable; adequate; proper; replace; to be; to hold a position; manage; withstand; when; during; ought; match equally; same; obstruct; just at (a time or place); on the spot; right; just at
trad. (會當)		會	當
simp. (会当)		会	当

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): huìdāng

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄟˋ ㄉㄤ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: huìdāng
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄟˋ ㄉㄤ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: huèidang
    • Wade–Giles: hui⁴-tang¹
    • Yale: hwèi-dāng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hueydang
    • Palladius: хуэйдан (xuejdan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xweɪ̯⁵¹ tɑŋ⁵⁵/

Verb

會當

1. (literary) to be supposed to; should

Synonyms

• 該當／该当 (gāidāng)

Pronunciation 2

		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 act as; represent; equal to act as; represent; equal; should; fitting; suitable; adequate; proper; replace; to be; to hold a position; manage; withstand; when; during; ought; match equally; same; obstruct; just at (a time or place); on the spot; right; just at
trad. (會當)		會	當
simp. (会当)		会	当
alternative forms		會凍／会冻 能凍／能冻

• Min Nan (POJ): ē-tàng / ě-tàng / ēre-tàng / ōe-tàng

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• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taipei, Kaohsiung, Tainan, Yilan, Kinmen, Magong)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ē-tàng
    • Tâi-lô: ē-tàng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: exdaxng
    • IPA (Kinmen): /e²²⁻¹² taŋ¹²/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /e²²⁻²¹ taŋ²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /e³³⁻¹¹ taŋ¹¹/
    • IPA (Tainan): /e³³⁻¹¹ taŋ²¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung, Yilan): /e³³⁻²¹ taŋ²¹/
  • (Hokkien: Lukang)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ě-tàng
    • Tâi-lô: ě-tàng
    • IPA (Lukang): /e³³⁻²² taŋ³¹/
  • (Hokkien: Sanxia)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ēre-tàng
    • Tâi-lô: erē-tàng
  • (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ōe-tàng
    • Tâi-lô: uē-tàng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: oexdaxng
    • IPA (Taipei): /ue³³⁻¹¹ taŋ¹¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ue³³⁻²¹ taŋ²¹/

Verb

會當

1. (Hokkien) can; be able to; be capable of

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 可以 (“can; may”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		可, 可以, 得
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		可, 可以, 得
Mandarin	Taiwan	可以
	Malaysia	可以
	Singapore	可以
Cantonese	Guangzhou	可以, 得 >
	Hong Kong	可以, 得 >
	Taishan	可以
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	可以
	Singapore (Guangfu)	可以
Gan	Nanchang	做得
Hakka	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	做得
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	做得, 可以, 使得
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	做得
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	使得, 做得
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	做得
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	會用
	Kuching (Hepo)	做得
	Singapore (Dabu)	做得
Min Bei	Jian'ou	使得, 會使得
Min Dong	Fuzhou	會使
Min Nan	Xiamen	會使, 會當, 會做, 會用, 會用得, 會得, 會得通, 會通, 通
	Quanzhou	會做, 會做得, 會用, 會用得, 會得, 會得通, 會通, 通
	Zhangzhou	會使, 會當, 會用, 會用得, 會得, 會得通, 會通, 通
	Taipei	會使, 會當, 會做得 GT, 會得 GT, 會得通 GT, 通 GT
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	會使, 會當
	Kaohsiung	會用得, 會使, 會當
	Yilan	會使, 會當
	Changhua (Lukang)	會使, 會當
	Taichung	會用得, 會使得
	Tainan	會用得, 會使, 會當
	Hsinchu	會用得, 會使
	Kinmen	會使, 會當
	Penghu (Magong)	會使, 會當
	Penang (Hokkien)	會, 會使
	Singapore (Hokkien)	會使, 會做, 會用, 會得, 會當, 會通
	Manila (Hokkien)	會做, 會用, 會用得, 會做得
	Medan (Hokkien)	會使
	Chaozhou	可以
	Jieyang	好, 可以
	Haifeng	會得
	Singapore (Teochew)	會使, 會得
	Wenchang	可以
	Qionghai	可以
	Singapore (Hainanese)	可以
Wu	Shanghai	可以
Xiang	Changsha	可以得
Note	GT - General Taiwan (no specific region identified); > - used after the verb

Antonyms

• 𣍐當／𫧃当

Further reading

• “Entry #9646”, in 臺灣閩南語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwan Minnan] (in Chinese and Min Nan), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2011.