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): /xu̯eɪ̯⁵¹ ɕy⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • 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: hwajH sju

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
Baxter	hwajH	sju
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

     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):

• 合該／合该 (Taiwanese Hokkien)
• 在得 (zai⁴ de⁶) (Xiang)
• 好通 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)
• 宜 (yí)
• 徑須／径须 (jìngxū) (literary)
• 應／应 (yīng)
• 應當／应当 (yīngdāng)
• 應該／应该 (yīnggāi)
• 會／会 (literary)
• 理合 (lǐhé) (literary)
• 理應／理应 (lǐyīng)
• 理當／理当 (lǐdāng)
• 當／当 (literary)
• 直須／直须 (zhíxū) (literary)
• 相應／相应 (xiāngyīng) (archaic)
• 該／该 (gāi)
• 該當／该当 (gāidāng)