# 會當
## Chinese
### Etymology 1
#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): huìdāng
    (Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄟˋ ㄉㄤ
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: huìdāng
*** Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄟˋ ㄉㄤ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: huèidang
*** Wade–Giles: hui$^4$-tang$^1$
*** Yale: hwèi-dāng
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hueydang
*** Palladius: хуэйдан (xuejdan)
*** Sinological IPA : /xu̯eɪ̯⁵¹ tɑŋ⁵⁵/

#### Verb

會當
* (literary) to be supposed to; should

##### Synonyms

* 該當／该当 (gāidāng)

### Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “from 會得通?”)

#### Pronunciation

* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): ē-tàng / ě-tàng / ēre-tàng / ōe-tàng
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taipei, Kaohsiung, Tainan, Yilan, Kinmen, Magong)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ē-tàng
*** Tâi-lô: ē-tàng
*** Phofsit Daibuun: exdaxng
*** IPA (Kinmen): /e²²⁻¹² taŋ¹²/
*** IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /e²²⁻²¹ taŋ²¹/
*** IPA (Taipei): /e³³⁻¹¹ taŋ¹¹/
*** IPA (Tainan): /e³³⁻¹¹ taŋ²¹/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung, Yilan): /e³³⁻²¹ taŋ²¹/
** (Hokkien: Lukang)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ě-tàng
*** Tâi-lô: ě-tàng
*** IPA (Lukang): /e³³⁻²² taŋ³¹/
** (Hokkien: Sanxia)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ēre-tàng
*** Tâi-lô: erē-tàng
** (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ōe-tàng
*** Tâi-lô: uē-tàng
*** Phofsit Daibuun: oexdaxng
*** IPA (Taipei): /ue³³⁻¹¹ taŋ¹¹/

#### Verb

會當
* (Hokkien) can; be able to; be capable of

##### Synonyms

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

##### Antonyms

* 𣍐當／𫧃当

### Further reading

* “Entry #9646”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwan Minnan] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2024.