開會

See also: 开会 and 開会

Chinese

		open; operate (vehicle); start	to meet; to gather; group to meet; to gather; group; to assemble; association; be able to; be likely to; to balance an account; accounting
trad. (開會)		開	會
simp. (开会)		开	会

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): kāihuì

  (Zhuyin): ㄎㄞ ㄏㄨㄟˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hoi¹ wui^6-2
• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): khôi-fi

  (Meixian, Guangdong): koi¹ fi⁴

• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): khui-hōe

  (Teochew, Peng'im): kui¹ huê⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: kāihuì
    • Zhuyin: ㄎㄞ ㄏㄨㄟˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: kaihuèi
    • Wade–Giles: kʻai¹-hui⁴
    • Yale: kāi-hwèi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kaihuey
    • Palladius: кайхуэй (kajxuej)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰaɪ̯⁵⁵ xu̯eɪ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: hoi¹ wui^6-2
    • Yale: hōi wúi
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hoi¹ wui^6-2
    • Guangdong Romanization: hoi¹ wui^6-2
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɔːi̯⁵⁵ wuːi̯²²⁻³⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: khôi-fi
    • Hakka Romanization System: koi^ˊ fi
    • Hagfa Pinyim: koi¹ fi⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /kʰoi̯²⁴⁻¹¹ fi⁵⁵/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: koi¹ fi⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /kʰoɪ⁴⁴⁻³⁵ fi⁵³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese, Philippines)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khui-hōe
    • Tâi-lô: khui-huē
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qui'hoe
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /kʰui⁴⁴⁻²² hue²²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou, Philippines): /kʰui³³ hue⁴¹/
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /kʰui⁴⁴⁻³³ hue³³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: kui¹ huê⁶
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: khui huĕ
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰui³³⁻²³ hue³⁵/

Verb

開⫽會 (verb-object)

1. (intransitive) to hold, start or attend a meeting

   今天開會是你的主席。 [MSC, trad.]
   今天开会是你的主席。 [MSC, simp.]

   Jīntiān kāihuì shì nǐ de zhǔxí. [Pinyin]

   You will chair today's meeting.

   在沒有開會之前，我想請教幾個問題。 [MSC, trad.]
   在没有开会之前，我想请教几个问题。 [MSC, simp.]

   Zài méiyǒu kāihuì zhīqián, wǒ xiǎng qǐngjiào jǐge wèntí. [Pinyin]

   I would like to ask a few questions before the meeting begins.

   • 如果我們不給每個人散會後的獨立性，一直把會無休止地開下去，不是所有的人都要死光嗎？ [MSC, trad.]
     如果我们不给每个人散会后的独立性，一直把会无休止地开下去，不是所有的人都要死光吗？ [MSC, simp.]

     From: 1956, 毛澤東 (Mao Zedong), 《論十大關係》 (On the Ten Major Relationships), 《毛澤東選集》. English translation based on the Foreign Languages Press edition

     Rúguǒ wǒmen bù gěi měi ge rén sànhuì hòu de dúlìxìng, yīzhí bǎ huì wúxiūzhǐ de kāi xiàqù, bùshì suǒyǒu de rén dōu yào sǐguāng ma? [Pinyin]

     If we don't adjourn the meeting and give everyone some independence but let it go on and on, wouldn't it be the death of us all?