會須

會須

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	necessary; must; need
trad. (會須)		會	須
simp. (会须)		会	须

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): huìxū

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄟˋ ㄒㄩ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): wui⁶ seoi¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: huìxū
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄟˋ ㄒㄩ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: huèisyu
    • Wade–Giles: hui⁴-hsü¹
    • Yale: hwèi-syū
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hueyshiu
    • Palladius: хуэйсюй (xuejsjuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xweɪ̯⁵¹ ɕy⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: wui⁶ seoi¹
    • Yale: wuih sēui
    • Cantonese Pinyin: wui⁶ soey¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: wui⁶ sêu¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wuːi̯²² sɵy̯⁵⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: /ɦuɑi^H  sɨo/

Rime
Character	會	須
Reading #	1/2	1/1
Initial (聲)	匣 (33)	心 (16)
Final (韻)	泰 (26)	虞 (24)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Closed
Division (等)	I	III
Fanqie	黃外切	相俞切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɦuɑiH/	/sɨo/
Pan Wuyun	/ɦʷɑiH/	/sio/
Shao Rongfen	/ɣuɑiH/	/sio/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɦwajH/	/suə̆/
Li Rong	/ɣuɑiH/	/sio/
Wang Li	/ɣuɑiH/	/sĭu/
Bernard Karlgren	/ɣuɑiH/	/si̯u/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	huì	xū
Expected Cantonese Reflex	wui6	seoi1

Verb

會須

1. (literary) to just happen to need
2. (literary) ought to; should

   • 烹羊宰牛且為樂，會須一飲三百杯。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     烹羊宰牛且为乐，会须一饮三百杯。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: circa 752, 李白 (Li Bai), 將進酒／将进酒

     Pēng yáng zǎi niú qiě wéi lè, huìxū yī yǐn sānbǎi bēi. [Pinyin]

     Boil a lamb and butcher an ox for a joyous feast; we should drink three hundred cups at once!

Synonyms

• (ought to; should):

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Synonyms of 會須

在得 (Xiang) 好通 (Min Nan) 宜 (yí) 理合 (lǐhé, “literary”) 合該／合该 (Min Nan) 徑須／径须 (jìngxū) (literary) 應／应 (yīng) 應當／应当 (yīngdāng) 應該／应该 (yīnggāi)

會／会 (huì) (literary) 理應／理应 (lǐyīng) 理當／理当 (lǐdāng) 當／当 (dāng) (literary) 直須／直须 (zhíxū) (literary) 相應／相应 (xiāngyīng) (archaic) 該／该 (gāi) 該當／该当 (gāidāng)