社會

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Chinese

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soil god; ceremony for offering to the soil god
to meet; to gather; group
to meet; to gather; group; to assemble; association; be able to; be likely to; to balance an account; accounting
 
trad. (社會)
simp. (社会)
anagram 會社会社
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Pronunciation

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Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/2
Initial () (25) (33)
Final () (100) (26)
Tone (調) Rising (X) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Open Closed
Division () III I
Fanqie
Baxter dzyaeX hwajH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/d͡ʑiaX/ /ɦuɑiH/
Pan
Wuyun
/d͡ʑiaX/ /ɦʷɑiH/
Shao
Rongfen
/d͡ʑiaX/ /ɣuɑiH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/d͡ʑiaX/ /ɦwajH/
Li
Rong
/ʑiaX/ /ɣuɑiH/
Wang
Li
/ʑĭaX/ /ɣuɑiH/
Bernard
Karlgren
/ʑi̯aX/ /ɣuɑiH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
shè huì
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
se6 wui6

Noun

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社會

  1. society (aggregate of people living together); community
    理想社會理想社会  ―  lǐxiǎng shèhuì  ―  ideal society
    社會秩序社会秩序  ―  shèhuì zhìxù  ―  social order
    社會名人社会名人  ―  shèhuì míngrén  ―  public figure
    回饋社會回馈社会  ―  huíkuì shèhuì  ―  to give back to society
    改造社會改造社会  ―  gǎizào shèhuì  ―  to transform society
    服務社會服务社会  ―  fúwù shèhuì  ―  to serve the community
    推動社會發展推动社会发展  ―  tuīdòng shèhuì fāzhǎn  ―  to promote the development of society
    社會經濟發展社会经济发展  ―  shèhuì jīngjì fāzhǎn  ―  socio-economic development
    半殖民地半封建社會 [MSC, trad.]
    半殖民地半封建社会 [MSC, simp.]
    bànzhímíndì bànfēngjiàn shèhuì [Pinyin]
    semicolonial and semifeudal society
    知識一定完全來自學校教育社會大學 [MSC, trad.]
    知识一定完全来自学校教育社会大学 [MSC, simp.]
    Zhīshí bù yīdìng wánquán láizì yú xuéxiào de jiàoyù, shèhuì yě shì ge dàxué ma. [Pinyin]
    Knowledge does not come from schooling alone. Society is a kind of university.
  2. class (world of a certain group of people)
  3. (archaic) public gathering for offering to the earth god
  4. (Mainland China, slang) mafia; gang
    社會社会  ―  hùn shèhuì  ―  to be in a gang for a living (may also mean "to be in a society for a living")

Usage notes

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Use 社會社会 (shèhuì) when referring to society as an "aggregate of people living together". When society in the sense of "organization or club" is meant, use 社團社团 (shètuán) or 協會协会 (xiéhuì).

Synonyms

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  • (society): (figurative) 人海 (rénhǎi)

Derived terms

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Adjective

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社會

  1. (Mainland China, neologism, slang) thuggish; having the manner of a gangsta
    社會社會社会社会  ―  Shèhuì! Shèhuì!  ―  [You're] thuggish! (jocular)

Japanese

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Kanji in this term
しゃ
Grade: 2
かい
Hyōgai
on'yomi

Noun

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(しゃ)(かい) (shakai

  1. Kyūjitai form of 社会 (society)

Korean

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Hanja in this term

Noun

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社會 (sahoe) (hangeul 사회)

  1. hanja form? of 사회 (society)

Vietnamese

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chữ Hán Nôm in this term

Noun

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社會

  1. chữ Hán form of xã hội (society).