四會

See also: 四会

Chinese

		four	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. (四會)		四	會
simp. (四会)		四	会

Etymology

Attested in Hanshu as the name of one of the six counties of the Nanhai Commandery (南海郡) during the Western Han.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): Sìhuì

(Zhuyin): ㄙˋ ㄏㄨㄟˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): sei³ wui⁶

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: Sìhuì
  - Zhuyin: ㄙˋ ㄏㄨㄟˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: Sìhhuèi
  - Wade–Giles: Ssŭ⁴-hui⁴
  - Yale: Sz̀-hwèi
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Syhhuey
  - Palladius: Сыхуэй (Syxuej)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sz̩⁵¹⁻⁵³ xu̯eɪ̯⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: sei³ wui⁶
  - Yale: sei wuih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: sei³ wui⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: séi³ wui⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sei̯³³ wuːi̯²²/

Proper noun

四會

(～市) Sihui, a county-level city in Guangdong, China, administered as part of Zhaoqing.

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