# 宴會
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Standard)
       (Pinyin): yànhuì
       (Zhuyin): ㄧㄢˋ ㄏㄨㄟˋ
    (Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): янхуэй (i͡anhuey, III-III)
* Cantonese (Jyutping): jin$^3$ wui$^6$
* Hakka (Sixian, PFS): yen-fi / yan-fi
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): iàn-hōe
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: yànhuì
*** Zhuyin: ㄧㄢˋ ㄏㄨㄟˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: yànhuèi
*** Wade–Giles: yen$^4$-hui$^4$
*** Yale: yàn-hwèi
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yannhuey
*** Palladius: яньхуэй (janʹxuej)
*** Sinological IPA : /jɛn⁵¹⁻⁵³ xu̯eɪ̯⁵¹/
** (Dungan)
*** Cyrillic and Wiktionary: янхуэй (i͡anhuey, III-III)
*** Sinological IPA : /iæ̃⁴⁴ xuɛi⁴⁴/
    (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: jin$^3$ wui$^6$
*** Yale: yin wuih
*** Cantonese Pinyin: jin$^3$ wui$^6$
*** Guangdong Romanization: yin$^3$ wui$^6$
*** Sinological IPA : /jiːn³³ wuːi̯²²/
* Hakka
** (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yen-fi
*** Hakka Romanization System: ien fi
*** Hagfa Pinyim: yan$^4$ fi$^4$
*** Sinological IPA: /i̯en⁵⁵ fi⁵⁵/
** (Southern Sixian, incl. Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yan-fi
*** Hakka Romanization System: (r)ian fi
*** Hagfa Pinyim: yan$^4$ fi$^4$
*** Sinological IPA: /(j)i̯an⁵⁵ fi⁵⁵/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: iàn-hōe
*** Tâi-lô: iàn-huē
*** Phofsit Daibuun: iernhoe
*** IPA (Xiamen): /iɛn²¹⁻⁵³ hue²²/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /iɛn⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ hue⁴¹/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /iɛn²¹⁻⁵³ hue²²/
*** IPA (Taipei): /iɛn¹¹⁻⁵³ hue³³/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /iɛn²¹⁻⁴¹ hue³³/
* Middle Chinese: 'enX|'enH hwajH
Rime :
| Character | 宴 | 宴 | 會 |
| Reading # | 1/2 | 2/2 | 1/2 |
| Initial (聲) | 影 (34) | 影 (34) | 匣 (33) |
| Final (韻) | 先 (85) | 先 (85) | 泰 (26) |
| Tone (調) | Rising (X) | Departing (H) | Departing (H) |
| Openness (開合) | Open | Open | Closed |
| Division (等) | IV | IV | I |
| Fanqie | 於殄切 | 於甸切 | 黃外切 |
| Baxter | 'enX | 'enH | hwajH |
| Reconstructions ||||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /ʔen$^X$/ | /ʔen$^H$/ | /ɦuɑi$^H$/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /ʔen$^X$/ | /ʔen$^H$/ | /ɦʷɑi$^H$/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /ʔɛn$^X$/ | /ʔɛn$^H$/ | /ɣuɑi$^H$/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /ʔɛn$^X$/ | /ʔɛn$^H$/ | /ɦwaj$^H$/ |
| Li Rong | /ʔen$^X$/ | /ʔen$^H$/ | /ɣuɑi$^H$/ |
| Wang Li | /ien$^X$/ | /ien$^H$/ | /ɣuɑi$^H$/ |
| Bernard Karlgren | /ʔien$^X$/ | /ʔien$^H$/ | /ɣuɑi$^H$/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | yǎn | yàn | huì |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | jin$^2$ | jin$^3$ | wui$^6$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Baxter–Sagart): /*ʔˤe[n]-s m-kˤop-s/
    (Zhengzhang): /*qeːnʔ|qeːns ɡoːbs/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 宴 | 會 |
| Reading # | 1/1 | 1/3 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | yàn | huì |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ ʔen$^H$ › | ‹ hwaj$^H$ › |
| Old Chinese | /*ʔˁe[n]-s/ | /*m-kˁop-s/ |
| English | feast (n.) | meeting; have a meeting |
| 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 | 宴 | 宴 | 會 |
| Reading # | 1/2 | 2/2 | 2/2 |
| No. | 14380 | 14383 | 5507 |
| Phonetic component | 妟 | 妟 | 會 |
| Rime group | 元 | 元 | 蓋 |
| Rime subdivision | 2 | 2 | 3 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 蝘 | 宴 | |
| Old Chinese | /*qeːnʔ/ | /*qeːns/ | /*ɡoːbs/ |
| Notes | | | 金文從合甑，合亦聲，說文古文作㣛， 皆表與合同源 |

### Noun

宴會
* banquet; dinner party; feast
    舉辦宴會／举办宴会 ― jǔbàn yànhuì ― to hold a banquet

#### Synonyms

* 夜宴 (yèyàn, “evening banquet”) (literary)
* 大菜 (dàcài)
* 宴席 (yànxí)
* 筵宴 (yányàn) (literary)
* 筵席 (yánxí)
* 酒宴 (jiǔyàn)
* 酒席 (jiǔxí)
* 酒水 (Wu)
* 酒筵 (jiǔyán) (literary)
* 飲宴／饮宴 (yǐnyàn)
* 饗宴／飨宴 (xiǎngyàn)

#### See also

* 派對／派对 (pàiduì)
* 聚會／聚会 (jùhuì)

### Verb

宴會
* to banquet (to participate in a banquet)

#### See also

* 聚會／聚会 (jùhuì)

### Derived terms

* 宴會廳／宴会厅 (yànhuìtīng)
* 生日宴會／生日宴会 (shēngrì yànhuì)

### Descendants

* → Japanese: 宴会(えんかい) (enkai) (see there for further descendants)
* → Korean: 연회(宴會) (yeonhoe)
* → Vietnamese: yến hội (宴會)

## Korean

Hanja in this term :
| 宴 | 會 |

### Noun

宴會 • (yeonhoe) (hangeul 연회)
* hanja form of 연회 (“banquet”)