會計

會計

See also: 会計 and 会计

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	to calculate; to compute; to count to calculate; to compute; to count; reckon; ruse; to plan
trad. (會計)		會	計
simp. (会计)		会	计

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): kuàijì

  (Zhuyin): ㄎㄨㄞˋ ㄐㄧˋ

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou, Jyutping): wui⁶ gai³, kui² gai³, kui³ gai³

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): voi⁵ gai¹

• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): fi-kie / fi-ki
• Min Nan

  (Hokkien, POJ): kòe-kè / hōe-kè

  (Teochew, Peng'im): guai³ goi³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: kuàijì → kuàiji (toneless final syllable variant)
    • Zhuyin: ㄎㄨㄞˋ ㄐㄧˋ → ㄎㄨㄞˋ ˙ㄐㄧ (toneless final syllable variant)
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kuay.jih
    • IPA ^(key): /kʰu̯aɪ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡ɕi⁵¹/ → /kʰu̯aɪ̯⁵¹ d͡ʑ̥i¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: wui⁶ gai³, kui² gai³, kui³ gai³
    • Yale: wuih gai, kúi gai, kui gai
    • Cantonese Pinyin: wui⁶ gai³, kui² gai³, kui³ gai³
    • Guangdong Romanization: wui⁶ gei³, kui² gei³, kui³ gei³
    • IPA ^(key): /wuːy̯²² kɐi̯³³/, /kʰuːy̯³⁵ kɐi̯³³/, /kʰuːy̯³³ kɐi̯³³/
  • (Taishanese, Taicheng)
    • Wiktionary: voi⁵ gai¹
    • IPA ^(key): /vᵘɔi³² kai³³/
• Hakka
  • (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: fi-kie
    • Hakka Romanization System: fi gie
    • Hagfa Pinyim: fi⁴ gie⁴
    • IPA: /fi⁵⁵ ki̯e⁵⁵/
  • (Southern Sixian, incl. Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: fi-ki
    • Hakka Romanization System: fi gi
    • Hagfa Pinyim: fi⁴ gi⁴
    • IPA: /fi⁵⁵ ki⁵⁵/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kòe-kè
    • Tâi-lô: kuè-kè
    • Phofsit Daibuun: koea'kex
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kue²¹⁻⁴¹ ke²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /kue¹¹⁻⁵³ ke¹¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /kue²¹⁻⁵³ ke²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kue⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ ke⁴¹/
  • (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hōe-kè
    • Tâi-lô: huē-kè
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hoexkex
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /hue³³⁻²¹ ke²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /hue³³⁻¹¹ ke¹¹/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: guai³ goi³
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: kuài kòi
    • IPA ^(key): /kuai²¹³⁻⁵⁵ koi²¹³/

Etymology 1

Wasei kango (和製漢語), orthographically borrowed from Japanese 会計 (かいけい) (kaikei, “accountant”), which was in turn a semantic readaptation of Chinese 會計／会计 (kuàijì, “to do accounting work”).

Noun

會計

1. accounting; accountancy

   會計事務所 / 会计事务所  ―  kuàijì shìwùsuǒ  ―  accounting firm

2. accountant

Derived terms

會計員／会计员 (kuàijìyuán) 會計師／会计师 (kuàijìshī) 會計成本／会计成本 (kuàijì chéngběn)

會計證／会计证 (kuàijìzhèng) 財會／财会 (cáikuài)

Etymology 2

Attestable in Classical Chinese.

Verb

會計

1. (Classical Chinese) to examine and calculate
2. (Classical Chinese) to do accounting work
3. (Classical Chinese, of the Son of Heaven) to give out rewards to vassals based on merit
4. (Classical Chinese) to plan; to manage

Synonyms

• (examine and calculate): 核計／核计 (héjì), 核算 (hésuàn), 計算／计算 (jìsuàn)

Proper noun

會計

1. (historical) Alternative name for 會稽／会稽 (Kuàijī, “Mount Kuaiji”).
2. (historical) Alternative name for 會稽／会稽 (Kuàijī, “Kuaiji (place name)”).