# 會稽
## Chinese

* 會稽 (Written Standard Chinese)
* Kuaiji (disambiguation) (English)
* Kuaiji (English)

### Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): Kuàijī, Guìjī
    (Zhuyin): ㄎㄨㄞˋ ㄐㄧ, ㄍㄨㄟˋ ㄐㄧ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): kui$^2$ kai$^1$
* Northern Min (KCR): Ko̿-gí
* Eastern Min (BUC): Gói-kiĕ
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): Kòe-khe
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: Kuàijī
*** Zhuyin: ㄎㄨㄞˋ ㄐㄧ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: Kuàiji
*** Wade–Giles: Kʻuai$^4$-chi$^1$
*** Yale: Kwài-jī
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Kuayji
*** Palladius: Куайцзи (Kuajczi)
*** Sinological IPA : /kʰu̯aɪ̯⁵¹ t͡ɕi⁵⁵/
** (Standard Chinese, standard in Taiwan, variant in Mainland)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: Guìjī
*** Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄟˋ ㄐㄧ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: Guèiji
*** Wade–Giles: Kuei$^4$-chi$^1$
*** Yale: Gwèi-jī
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Gueyji
*** Palladius: Гуйцзи (Gujczi)
*** Sinological IPA : /ku̯eɪ̯⁵¹ t͡ɕi⁵⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: kui$^2$ kai$^1$
*** Yale: kúi kāi
*** Cantonese Pinyin: kui$^2$ kai$^1$
*** Guangdong Romanization: kui$^2$ kei$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /kʰuːi̯³⁵ kʰɐi̯⁵⁵/
* Northern Min
** (Jian'ou)
*** Kienning Colloquial Romanized: Ko̿-gí
*** Sinological IPA : /kʰo³³ ki⁵⁴/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: Gói-kiĕ
*** Sinological IPA : /kui²¹³⁻⁵⁵ $^{(kʰ-)}$ie⁵⁵/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Kòe-khe
*** Tâi-lô: Kuè-khe
*** Phofsit Daibuun: koea'qef
*** IPA (Xiamen): /kue²¹⁻⁵³ kʰe⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /kue⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ kʰe³³/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /kue²¹⁻⁵³ kʰe⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Taipei): /kue¹¹⁻⁵³ kʰe⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /kue²¹⁻⁴¹ kʰe⁴⁴/
* Middle Chinese: kwajH kej
Rime :
| Character | 會 | 稽 |
| Reading # | 2/2 | 1/2 |
| Initial (聲) | 見 (28) | 見 (28) |
| Final (韻) | 泰 (26) | 齊 (39) |
| Tone (調) | Departing (H) | Level (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Closed | Open |
| Division (等) | I | IV |
| Fanqie | 古外切 | 古奚切 |
| Baxter | kwajH | kej |
| Reconstructions |||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /kuɑi$^H$/ | /kei/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /kʷɑi$^H$/ | /kei/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /kuɑi$^H$/ | /kɛi/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /kwaj$^H$/ | /kɛj/ |
| Li Rong | /kuɑi$^H$/ | /kei/ |
| Wang Li | /kuɑi$^H$/ | /kiei/ |
| Bernard Karlgren | /kuɑi$^H$/ | /kiei/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | guì | jī |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | gui$^3$ | gai$^1$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Baxter–Sagart): /*kˤop-s kˤij/
    (Zhengzhang): /*koːbs kiː/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 會 | 稽 | 稽 | 稽 |
| Reading # | 3/3 | 1/4 | 2/4 | 3/4 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | kuài | jī | jī | jī |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ kwaj$^H$ › | ‹ kej › | ‹ kej › | ‹ kej › |
| Old Chinese | /*kˁop-s/ | /*kˁij/ | /*kˁij/ | /*kˁij/ |
| English | calculate; calculation | accord with | cultivate (field) | calculate |
| Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary. |||||
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 會 | 稽 |
| Reading # | 1/2 | 1/2 |
| No. | 5493 | 17317 |
| Phonetic component | 會 | 旨 |
| Rime group | 蓋 | 脂 |
| Rime subdivision | 3 | 2 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 儈 | 雞 |
| Old Chinese | /*koːbs/ | /*kiː/ |

### Proper noun

會稽
* (～山) (historical) Mount Kuaiji, the historical name of Mount Xianglu, a peak south of Hangzhou Bay legendarily connected to Yu the Great
* (～山) the Kuaiji Mountains, a short range of mountains in Zhejiang south of Hangzhou Bay
* (～郡) (historical) Kuaiji Commandery, a former commandery of China around the mountain
    From: 353 CE, Wang Xizhi, Preface to the Poems Composed at the Orchid Pavilion
    huì yú Kuàijī shānyīn zhī lán tíng [Pinyin]
    We all gathered at the orchid pavilion in Shanyin County, Kuaiji Prefecture, […]
* (～縣) (historical) Kuaiji County, a former county of China around Shaoxing
* (historical) Kuaiji, the name borne by Suzhou during the Qin and Han dynasties and by Shaoxing during subsequent dynasties, owing to their position as headquarters of the commandery

#### Derived terms

* 會稽之恥／会稽之耻