會社

See also: 会社

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	society; group
trad. (會社)		會	社
simp. (会社)		会	社
anagram		社會／社会

Etymology

Original senses attestable in Classical Chinese. In the sense of "company", reborrowed from Japanese 會社(かいしゃ) (kaisha).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): huìshè

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄟˋ ㄕㄜˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): wui⁶ se⁵
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): fi-sa
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hōe-siā

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: huìshè
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄟˋ ㄕㄜˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: huèishè
    • Wade–Giles: hui⁴-shê⁴
    • Yale: hwèi-shè
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hueysheh
    • Palladius: хуэйшэ (xuejšɛ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu̯eɪ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʂɤ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: wui⁶ se⁵
    • Yale: wuih séh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: wui⁶ se⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: wui⁶ sé⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wuːi̯²² sɛː¹³/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: fi-sa
    • Hakka Romanization System: fi sa
    • Hagfa Pinyim: fi⁴ sa⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /fi⁵⁵ sa⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hōe-siā
    • Tâi-lô: huē-siā
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hoexsia
    • IPA (Xiamen): /hue²²⁻²¹ sia²²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /hue⁴¹⁻²² sia⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /hue²²⁻²¹ sia²²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /hue³³⁻¹¹ sia³³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /hue³³⁻²¹ sia³³/

Noun

會社

1. (history) guild
2. association
3. (in reference to Japan or Korea) company

Derived terms

• 株式會社／株式会社 (zhūshì huìshè)
• 結宗會社／结宗会社

 

Japanese

Kanji in this term
會	社
かい Hyōgai	しゃ Grade: 2
on'yomi

Noun

會(かい)社(しゃ) • (kaisha) 

1. Kyūjitai form of 会社: company

Korean

Hanja in this term
會	社

Noun

會社 • (hoesa) (hangeul 회사)

1. hanja form^? of 회사 (“company”)