會 (wui5 wui6 kui2 | hui4 kuai4) : will, would; get together; meet; city

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會

wui5 wui6 kui2

hui4 kuai4

[粵] wui5 | [國] hui4
[1] [v] will; shall; would; be likely to
[2] [v] understand; know; be able to

[粵] wui6 | [國] hui4
[1] [v] get together; assemble; gather
[2] [v] meet with; see; receive (a guest)
[3] [n] meeting; party; conference
[4] [n] association; society; union
[5] [n] chief city; capital; metropolis

[粵] wui6 kui2 | [國] kuai4
[v] compute; calculate; do the accounts

For the last definition, Jyutping wui6 is much more popular than kui2 even though the latter is recommended by most dictionaries as the standard reading.

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Stroke count: 13

Level: 1

Radical: 曰 (#73)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

會 / 会

Don't confuse with:
曾

This word has been viewed 45742 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 2nd Jul 2016 15:32

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豬乸會上樹 zyu1 naa2 wui5 soeng5 syu6 = (lit. female pigs can climb tree) something impossible; "When pigs fly" 粵

聽證會 ting1 zing3 wui5 ting1 zheng4 hui4 = (legislative) hearing

中華會館 zung1 waa4 wui6 gun2 zhong1 hua2 hui4 guan3 = The Chinese Consolidated Benevolent Association (CCBA). Chinese Six Companies

興中會 hing1 zung1 wui5 xing1 zhong1 hui4 = Revive China Society, founded by Dr Sun Yat-sen 孫中山｜孙中山 in 1894 in Honolulu

領會 ling5 wui6 ling3 hui4 = understand， comprehend， grasp

再會 zoi3 wui6 zai4 hui4 = 'see you soon' 國

教會 gaau3 wui6*2 jiao4 hui4 = church

唔會 m4 wui5 = cannot, not willing 粵

等一會兒 dang2 jat1 wui6 ji4 deng3 yi1 huir4 = wait a moment; wait awhile 國

會話 wui6 waa6*2 hui4 hua4 = conversation
See all 467 compounds (CantoDict reports 526 compounds in total, but some may be Common Formations)

Showing all 67 examples containing 會

我今日唔會食早餐粵
Today I'm not going to eat breakfast

平時唔會講〝多過〞. 粵
Normally we won't say "多過".
[(This is actually referencing the sentence "今年學費貴過舊年").]

我覺得行公司會悶死我粵
Going shopping bores me to death.
[Lit. I feel walk-company would boring die me]

點解會噉嘅？粵
Why does it have to be like this?
[Lit. why would thus? [Very common phrase on TV dramas and anime!]]

我一生一世都會愛你。
I'll love you for the rest of my life.

我畢業之後會搵工嘅嘞。粵
After I graduate, I will find a job.

如果我唔係太攰，我會去買嘢。粵
If I'm not too tired, I will go shopping.

你估聖誕日會唔會落雪吖? 粵
Do you think it will snow on Christmas Day?

你覺得聖誕節當天會不會下雪？國
Do you think it will snow on Christmas Day?

喺聖誕節，我哋會大宴親友粵
At Christmas we will have a big party.

我們聖誕節當天要辦個大聚會國
On Christmas Day we will have a big party.

若果落雪，我會砌個雪人! 粵
If it snows I will make a snowman!

你不乖的話，聖誕老公公就不會送你禮物了！國
If you aren't a good boy, Santa won't bring you any presents!

平嘢我唔會買! 粵
I don’t buy inferior stuff.

水去到一百度就會滾。粵
Water boils at one hundred degree (Celcius).

點解中國會有咁多方言嘅？粵
Why are there so many "dialects" in China?

我唔會對你做任何嘅嘢粵
I'm not going to do anything to you.
[Lit. I will not toward you do any (possessive particle) thing]

點解會噉樣做合作呀？粵 ?!
Why would you co-operate like this?

你哋會唔會有啲拗撬呀？粵
Do you ever have arguments?
[Lit. you-[plural marker] will-not-will have [plural classifier] arguments [particle]?]

你哋會唔會有啲火花呀？粵 ?!
Are there ever sparks between you?
[Lit. you-[plural marker] will-not-will have [plural counter] sparks [particle]? The 'sparks' could possibly of anger or love. [Check please!]]

我會諗好多角度粵 ?!
I'll think about [it] from many angles.
[Lit. I will think many angles.]

點解佢哋會畀人拉呀？粵
Why would they be arrested?
[Lit. why they would by-person arrest [particle]]

乜呢間酒店咁噏耷㗎? 點會有人幫襯呀? 粵
Why's this hotel such a mess? How will anyone want to come here?
[Lit. what this [counter] hotel so shabby [particle]? How would have person would frequent [particle]]

我花呢筆錢唔會覺得肉赤。粵
I don't feel any pain in spending this amount of money.

估唔到會喺呢度見到你! 粵
Fancy seeing you here!
[See the word entry for 估唔到 as the pronunciation for 到 can change depending on the meaning intended.]

通常會喺博物館搵到古董粵
Antiques can usually be found in museums.

間房係專門用嚟開會嘅。粵
The room is given over to meetings.

工作做唔晒，如果你要嚟幫，我會無任歡迎。粵
Much work remains to be done. Any assistance that you can render is most welcome.

逢親放假我哋都會出國遊埠粵
We travel overseas whenever there is a holiday.

這兒敗家子只會跟一班豬朋狗友吃喝嫖賭！國
The only thing this good-for-nothing son does is to go around with some bad company and engage in all kinds of vice activities.

你加水太少,就會煲燶飯㗎。粵
If you add too little water, you will burn the rice.
[http://www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk/phorum/read.php?14,134219,134225#msg-134225]

真係要多謝你雪中送炭我哋先至會捱過難關粵
We really must thank you for giving us (the money, food, material needs etc) so that we can make it through the hard times.

唔好玩水，唔係就會𢱕濕衫喇。粵
Don't play in the water, or else you will get your clothes wet.

騎樓嘅花盆危危乎，隨時都會跌落去噉粵
The pots on the balcony seems unstable enough to fall off anytime.

雖然只係上台分享下自己嘅經歷，但唔知點解好自然會覺得怯場。粵
Although merely sharing my experiences on stage, I do not know why I would naturally get stage fright.

我想學好講嘢先。當我講得好嘅時候，就會開始學寫。而家，我只係想留到最後先至學寫。粵
I want to learn to speak first . When I can speak well, then I'll learn to write. For now, I just want to leave the writing until last.
[copied from [url=http://www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk/phorum/read.php?7,91899,91899#msg-91899]this thread.[/url]]

畀機會我做個稱職嘅老婆粵
Give me a chance to be a good and competent wife.

我以為有個攝影師做男朋友，佢一定會幫我影好多靚相，殊不知佢一張相都冇幫我影過。粵
I had the idea that by having a photographer as boyfriend, I would have many of my pictures taken. Little did I know that none of the photographs were of me.

呢啲手板眼見功夫你好快就會學識粵
It will not take long before you learn how to do such simple jobs.

溝啲水落去就唔會咁掯喉嘞粵
Add some water into it and it wouldn't taste so overpowering.

唔知喺大陸被捉通姦會唔會打靶嘅呵粵
I wonder if one would be shot dead if one is caught committing adultery in mainland China.

而家唔好買住，遲啲啲嘢就會喊冷㗎喇。粵
Do not buy now; they will soon be slashing the prices.

幾點進行篝火晚會呀？
When can we start tonight's bonfire?

噉做會棒打鴛鴦，我做唔落。粵
Doing this would break the couple apart. I cannot bear to do it.

佢做事不留都撳地游水，唔會攞你嚟較飛！粵
He has all along been very careful. He will not land you in trouble.

嗰時有嗰時嘅社會氛圍粵
Back then, society had its own sets of norms.

每晚臨瞓前，我一定會祈禱。粵
Everynight before I sleep, I must pray.

我會為你祈禱
I'd pray for you
[[粵]我會幫你祈禱]

我地一定會將呢件事查到水落石出。粵
we must investigate this incident till the truth comes out.
[[also]查個水落石出 ]

我以後一定會加倍小心
I will certainly be much more careful in the future.
[加倍小心 literally means "add on double amount of carefulness", which implies "(be)much more careful"]

唔好偷𥊙人哋沖涼，如果唔係會生眼挑針！粵 ?!
Don't spy on people when they are showering, otherwise you'll get a stye!
[There is an old wives' tale linking styes to spying on people when they are bathing.]

如果阿明真係一個識飛嘅超人就好喇⋯⋯噉佢就唔會喺條街度踩咗啲米田共返嚟屋企，重要印到成條走廊嘅地板都係！抹死人咩⋯⋯ 粵
It'd be nice if Ah Ming were a superhero that knew how to fly … Then he wouldn't have brought home the poop that he stepped on in the street and printed it all over the floorboards in the hallway! Cleaning it up will be the death of me …

我哋會瞓身去做好呢份工。粵
We'll give this job our best shot.

你哋遲早會知，我都唔需要隱瞞粵
You'd have had to find out sometime, there's no point in me covering anything up.

佢發嚫脾氣就會反枱粵
He overturns tables whenever he gets angry.
[Lit. He send-out each-time anger then will reverse-tables.]

我每一年都會染兩次髮粵
I always dye my hair twice per year.

佢有時會好神經質
She gets hysterical sometimes.
[Lit. she will sometimes very hysterical]

可唔可以解釋一下點解妳會無端端被人拉呢？粵
Can you explain why you were arrested for no reason?
[Lit. Can-cannot explain a-little-bit why you would-be for-no-reason by people arrest [particle]?]

聽佢講經濟﹐係人都會瞓着。粵
Listening to him talk about economics would put anyone to sleep.

佢笑起上嚟會殺死人。粵
She has a killer smile.

聽日嘅聚會﹐我會戴住你送嘅頸鏈。粵
At tomorrow's gathering, I will be wearing the necklace you gave me.
[住 (-ing) is a durative marker in a future tense sentence here.]

機會一錯過﹐就永遠唔會返嚟。粵
Once an opportunity slips away, it is gone for good.
[For details on '一 + V + 就' pattern, see http://www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk/phorum/read.php?1,130226,130243#msg-130243]

佢哋開緊會﹐好快就會決定數千員工嘅命運。粵
They are holding a meeting which would soon decide the fate of thousands of employees.
[The second part of this sentence is a relative clause. The Cantonese clause differs from the English one by omitting the relative pronoun "which". ]

只有懶漢庸才才會留戀那大鍋飯的年代。國
Only lazybones and mediocre persons could hanker after the days of messing together.

我要借此機會, 向各位致謝
I would like to take this opportunity to thank you all.

再係噉落去, 會輸晒啲錢架粵
If you keep going on like this, you would lose all your money.

啲藥水會凝底，𢳆勻佢先至好飲粵
There is sediment in the medicine, shake evenly before drinking it.

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