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

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/

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	/ɦuɑi^H/	/sɨo/
Pan Wuyun	/ɦʷɑi^H/	/sio/
Shao Rongfen	/ɣuɑi^H/	/sio/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɦwaj^H/	/suə̆/
Li Rong	/ɣuɑi^H/	/sio/
Wang Li	/ɣuɑi^H/	/sĭu/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ɣuɑi^H/	/si̯u/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	huì	xū
Expected Cantonese Reflex	wui⁶	seoi¹

Verb

會須

(literary) to just happen to need
(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)