huì = hu + ei4
can (i.e. have the skill, know how to) / likely to / sure to / to meet / to get together / meeting / gathering / union / group / association / a moment (Taiwan pr. for this sense is [hui3])
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kuài = ku + ai4
to balance an account / accounting / accountant
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How to pronounce 会

MandarinBanana teaches pronunciation with the Marilyn Method: every Pinyin syllable is one initial plus one final, the initial becomes a person, an animal or a deity, and the final becomes a place in your memory palace — with the tone deciding which part of that place the scene happens in. Remember the little story below for each half and the whole syllable comes back with them.

= hu initial

Hu is for Helga Horse.

By Matthias • updated 5 months ago
+ ei4 final

In the Eiffel Tower’s bathroom.

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= ku initial

K is for Karl Koala.

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+ ai4 final

In the airplane’s bathroom.

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会 character breakdown

Chinese characters are built out of smaller characters. Each component carries a mnemonic symbol - one concrete object that stands in for it - and a mnemonic story hands those objects to the person and the place that stand for the pronunciation. Learn a component once and every character that reuses it gets easier.

Component Translations
yún = yu + (e)n2
(classical) to say
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yún = yu + (e)n2
surname Yun / abbr. for Yunnan Province 雲南省|云南省[Yun2 nan2 Sheng3]
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yún = yu + (e)n2
cloud / CL:朵[duo3]
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rén = r + (e)n2
person; people / CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4]
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Characters with 会 as component

huì = hu + ei4
to draw / to paint
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guì = gu + ei4
Chinese juniper (Juniperus chinensis) / coffin lid decoration (old) / Taiwan pr. [kuai4]
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huì = hu + ei4
Japanese variant of 繪|绘
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Words with 会

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opportunity / chance / occasion / CL:個|个[ge4]
appointment / engagement / date / CL:次[ci4],個|个[ge4] / to arrange to meet
a moment / a while / in a moment / now...now... / also pr. [yi1 hui3 r5]

Sentences with 会

dìng
huì
yǒu
rén
xué
 
 
tiān
shàng
luàn

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huì / kuài

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Prompt snippets

The female accountant wears a charcoal-gray wool pencil skirt and a crisp white button-down shirt, accessorized with thin-rimmed silver spectacles. She holds a black plastic clipboard with white paper sheets and a metallic blue retractable ballpoint pen in her hand.