會通

Chinese edit

		to meet; to gather; group to meet; to gather; group; to assemble; association; be able to; be likely to; to balance an account; accounting	go through; know well; to connect go through; know well; to connect; to communicate; open
trad. (會通)		會	通
simp. (会通)		会	通

Pronunciation edit

Mandarin
(Pinyin): huìtōng

(Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄟˋ ㄊㄨㄥ
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): ě-thang / ē-thang

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: huìtōng
  - Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄟˋ ㄊㄨㄥ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: huèitong
  - Wade–Giles: hui⁴-tʻung¹
  - Yale: hwèi-tūng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hueytong
  - Palladius: хуэйтун (xuejtun)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu̯eɪ̯⁵¹ tʰʊŋ⁵⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Jinjiang, Philippines)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ě-thang
  - Tâi-lô: ě-thang
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /e²² tʰaŋ³³/
  - IPA (Jinjiang, Philippines): /e³³⁻²² tʰaŋ³³/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ē-thang
  - Tâi-lô: ē-thang
  - Phofsit Daibuun: extafng
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /e²²⁻²¹ tʰaŋ⁴⁴/

Verb edit

會通

(literary) to gain a thorough understanding of
(Hokkien) to be able to do something; can
(Hokkien) to be permitted to do something; may

Synonyms edit

Dialectal synonyms of 能 (“can”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		能
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		能, 能夠, 可以
Mandarin	Taiwan	能, 能夠, 可以
	Malaysia	能
	Singapore	能, 能夠, 可以
Cantonese	Hong Kong	可以
Hakka	Kuching (Hepo)	得
Eastern Min	Singapore (Fuqing)	會
Southern Min	Penang (Hokkien)	會, 會使
	Singapore (Hokkien)	會, 會使
	Manila (Hokkien)	會, 會通
Zhongshan Min	Shaxi (Longdu)	得, 可以
Wu	Shanghai	好
	Suzhou	好
	Ningbo	好

Dialectal synonyms of 可以 (“can; may”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		可, 可以, 得
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		可, 可以, 得
Mandarin	Taiwan	可以
	Malaysia	可以
	Singapore	可以
Cantonese	Guangzhou	可以, 得 >
	Hong Kong	可以, 得 >
	Taishan	可以
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	可以
	Singapore (Guangfu)	可以
Gan	Nanchang	做得
Hakka	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	做得
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	做得, 可以, 使得
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	做得
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	使得, 做得
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	做得
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	會用
	Kuching (Hepo)	做得
	Singapore (Dabu)	做得
Northern Min	Jian'ou	使得, 會使得
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	會使
Southern Min	Xiamen	會使, 會當, 會做, 會用, 會用得, 會得, 會得通, 會通, 通
	Quanzhou	會做, 會做得, 會用, 會用得, 會得, 會得通, 會通, 通
	Zhangzhou	會使, 會當, 會用, 會用得, 會得, 會得通, 會通, 通
	Taipei	會使, 會當
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	會使, 會當
	Kaohsiung	會用得, 會使, 會當
	Yilan	會使, 會當
	Changhua (Lukang)	會使, 會當
	Taichung	會用得, 會使得
	Tainan	會用得, 會使, 會當, 會得, 會得通, 通
	Hsinchu	會用得, 會使
	Kinmen	會使, 會當
	Penghu (Magong)	會使, 會當
	Penang (Hokkien)	會, 會使
	Singapore (Hokkien)	會使, 會做, 會用, 會得, 會當, 會通
	Manila (Hokkien)	會做, 會用, 會用得, 會做得
	Medan (Hokkien)	會使
	Chaozhou	可以
	Jieyang	好, 可以
	Haifeng	會得
	Singapore (Teochew)	會使, 會得
	Wenchang	可以
	Qionghai	可以
	Singapore (Hainanese)	可以
Zhongshan Min	Shaxi (Longdu)	得
Wu	Shanghai	好, 可以
	Suzhou	好
	Ningbo	好
Xiang	Changsha	做得, 可以得
Note	> - used after the verb