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会會 huì — can, to know how to (a learned skill)

huì (fourth tone, falling)hui4

Traditional: 會

can, to know how to (a learned skill)

HSK 1· HSK 1–4 (classic)Level 1· Three-band, nine-level standardverb
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Meanings

  1. can, to know how to (a learned skill)

    Ability that comes from having learned something — a language, swimming, driving. 不会 says you never learned it, while 不能 says something is stopping you right now.

    verb

  2. will, be likely to

    verb

    Used for what is likely to happen: 明天会下雨吗？ — will it rain tomorrow?

Character breakdown

  • 会會
    huì (fourth tone, falling) kuài (fourth tone, falling)

    to know how to, to be able to (through learning); to be likely to, will; a meeting, a gathering, an association; (kuài) only in 会计, accounting

    6 strokes⿱人云Radical 人

Example sentences

  • 我会说一点儿汉语。我會說一點兒漢語。Wǒ (third tone, dipping) huì (fourth tone, falling) shuō (first tone, high and level) yìdiǎnr (fourth tone, falling) Hànyǔ. (fourth tone, falling)···

    I can speak a little Chinese.

  • 明天会下雨吗？明天會下雨嗎？Míngtiān (second tone, rising) huì (fourth tone, falling) xià (fourth tone, falling) yǔ (third tone, dipping) ma? (neutral tone)···

    Is it going to rain tomorrow?

Common mistakes

  • Not quite我能说汉语。

    Correct我会说汉语。

    For a skill you have studied, Chinese uses 会. 能 is about circumstance — being physically able or permitted at this moment — so 我能说汉语 suggests you have just been given permission to speak.

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