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–Hong Kong, Jyutping): wui⁶ gai³ / kui² gai³ / kui³ gai³

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): voi⁵ gai¹

• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): fi-kie / fi-ki

  (Hailu, HRS): fui^˖ gie^ˇ

• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): kòe-kè / hōe-kè

  (Teochew, Peng'im): guai³ goi³

• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁵kue-ci₅; ⁵khue-ci₅

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: kuàijì → kuàiji (toneless final syllable variant)
    • Zhuyin: ㄎㄨㄞˋ ㄐㄧˋ → ㄎㄨㄞˋ ˙ㄐㄧ (toneless final syllable variant)
    • Tongyong Pinyin: kuàiji̊
    • Wade–Giles: kʻuai⁴-chi⁵
    • Yale: kwài-ji
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kuay.jih
    • Palladius: куайцзи (kuajczi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰu̯aɪ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡ɕi⁵¹/ → /kʰu̯aɪ̯⁵¹ d͡ʑ̥i¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • 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
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wuːi̯²² kɐi̯³³/, /kʰuːi̯³⁵ kɐi̯³³/, /kʰuːi̯³³ kɐi̯³³/

Note: kui2 gai3, kui3 gai3 — uncommon.

• • (Taishanese, Taicheng)
    • Wiktionary: voi⁵ gai¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /vᵘɔi³² kai³³/
• Hakka
  • (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: fi-kie
    • Hakka Romanization System: fi gie
    • Hagfa Pinyim: fi⁴ gie⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /fi⁵⁵ ki̯e⁵⁵/
  • (Southern Sixian, incl. Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: fi-ki
    • Hakka Romanization System: fi gi
    • Hagfa Pinyim: fi⁴ gi⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /fi⁵⁵ ki⁵⁵/
  • (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
    • Hakka Romanization System: fui^˖ gie^ˇ
    • Sinological IPA: /fui³³ kie¹¹/
• Southern Min
  • (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
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kuai²¹³⁻⁵⁵ koi²¹³/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁵kue-ci₅; ⁵khue-ci₅
    • MiniDict: kue^去 ci^去; khue^去 ci^去
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ²kue-ji₂; ²khue-ji₂
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /kue³³ t͡ɕi⁴⁴/, /kʰue³³ t͡ɕi⁴⁴/

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• Middle Chinese: kwajH kejH

Rime
Character	會	計
Reading #	2/2	1/1
Initial (聲)	見 (28)	見 (28)
Final (韻)	泰 (26)	齊 (39)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Open
Division (等)	I	IV
Fanqie	古外切	古詣切
Baxter	kwajH	kejH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kuɑiH/	/keiH/
Pan Wuyun	/kʷɑiH/	/keiH/
Shao Rongfen	/kuɑiH/	/kɛiH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kwajH/	/kɛjH/
Li Rong	/kuɑiH/	/keiH/
Wang Li	/kuɑiH/	/kieiH/
Bernhard Karlgren	/kuɑiH/	/kieiH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	guì	jì
Expected Cantonese Reflex	gui3	gai3

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*kˤop-s  kˤij-s/

  (Zhengzhang): /*koːbs  kiːds/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	會	計
Reading #	3/3	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	kuài	jì
Middle Chinese	‹ kwajH ›	‹ kejH ›
Old Chinese	/*kˁop-s/	/*kˁij-s/
English	calculate; calculation	calculate
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	會	計
Reading #	1/2	1/1
No.	5493	5835
Phonetic component	會	計
Rime group	蓋	至
Rime subdivision	3	1
Corresponding MC rime	儈	計
Old Chinese	/*koːbs/	/*kiːds/

Noun

會計

1. accounting; accountancy

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

   成本會計／成本会计  ―  chéngběn kuàijì  ―  cost accounting

2. accountant

Derived terms

• 創意會計／创意会计 (chuàngyì kuàijì)
• 成本會計／成本会计 (chéngběn kuàijì)
• 會計員／会计员 (kuàijìyuán)
• 會計學／会计学 (kuàijìxué)
• 會計師／会计师 (kuàijìshī)
• 會計成本／会计成本 (kuàijì chéngběn)
• 會計證／会计证 (kuàijìzhèng)
• 法務會計／法务会计 (fǎwù kuàijì)
• 財會／财会 (cáikuài)

 

Verb

會計

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

Synonyms

• (to examine and calculate):

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• 合算 (hésuàn)
• 推算 (tuīsuàn)
• 摟／搂 (lōu) (regional, figurative)
• 核算 (hésuàn)
• 核計／核计 (héjì)
• 算計／算计 (suànjì)
• 計算／计算 (jìsuàn)
• 計量／计量

 

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)”).

Korean

Hanja in this term
會	計

Noun

會計 • (hoegye) (hangeul 회계)

1. hanja form^? of 회계 (“accounting”)