会
huì
In real, traceable use. Part of the curated seed collection; community review is coming.
Traditional: 會
To know how to, can — of a skill that has been learned; also 'will, is likely to'. 我会说汉语 'I can speak Chinese'; 明天会下雨 'it will rain tomorrow'. The negative is 不会. For 'can' because strength or circumstances allow, use 能; for 'may, be allowed to', 可以.
Biết làm một việc (do học mà có); cũng có nghĩa là “sẽ”, chỉ điều có khả năng xảy ra. 我会说汉语 (tôi biết nói tiếng Trung); 明天会下雨 (ngày mai trời sẽ mưa). Phủ định là 不会. “Có thể” vì đủ sức, đủ điều kiện thì dùng 能; vì được phép thì dùng 可以.
VerbRegister: neutral
Examples
Editorial example (illustrative, not a corpus attestation) — awaiting a native-speaker check
Sources & notes
Hán-Việt bridge batch 063 (2026-11-14). Headword, Traditional form and pinyin checked against CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0) source ↗ · Hán-Việt reading: Unihan kVietnamese source ↗ · No Vietnamese entry is linked as its twin; the Hán-Việt reading is given character by character. Definition, literal gloss and example sentence are original; the example has not had a native-speaker check yet.
Common questions
What does “会” mean?
To know how to, can — of a skill that has been learned; also 'will, is likely to'. 我会说汉语 'I can speak Chinese'; 明天会下雨 'it will rain tomorrow'. The negative is 不会. For 'can' because strength or circumstances allow, use 能; for 'may, be allowed to', 可以.
Is “会” formal or informal?
会 is generally neutral.