公社

Chinese

		just; honourable; public just; honourable; public; common; fair; duke; mister	society; group
trad. (公社)		公	社
simp. #(公社)		公	社
anagram		社公

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): gōngshè

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄨㄥ ㄕㄜˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gung¹ se⁵
• Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): gorng¹ sia⁵
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): kong-siǎ / kong-siā

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: gōngshè
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄥ ㄕㄜˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: gongshè
    • Wade–Giles: kung¹-shê⁴
    • Yale: gūng-shè
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gongsheh
    • Palladius: гуншэ (gunšɛ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʊŋ⁵⁵ ʂɤ⁵¹/
    • Homophones:

      edit edit 公社 公設 / 公设

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gung¹ se⁵
    • Yale: gūng séh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gung¹ se⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: gung¹ sé⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʊŋ⁵⁵ sɛː¹³/
• Puxian Min
  • (Putian)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: gorng¹ sia⁵ [Phonetic: gorng² nia⁵]
    • Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: go̤ng-siā
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɒŋ⁵³³⁻¹³ ^(ɬ-)nia¹¹/
  • (Xianyou)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: gorng¹ sia⁵ [Phonetic: gorng² nia⁵]
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɒŋ⁵⁴⁴⁻²⁴ ^(ɬ-)nia²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kong-siǎ
    • Tâi-lô: kong-siǎ
    • Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /kɔŋ³³ sia²²/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kong-siā
    • Tâi-lô: kong-siā
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kongsia
    • Sinological IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /kɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² sia²²/
    • Sinological IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /kɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ sia³³/

Noun

公社

1. commune
   1. (specifically) primitive commune
   2. (specifically) people's commune (township-level administrative division in China from 1958 to 1983)

Synonyms

• (primitive commune): 氏族公社 (shìzú gōngshè), 原始公社 (yuánshǐ gōngshè)
• (people's commune): 人民公社 (rénmín gōngshè)

Derived terms

• 人民公社 (rénmín gōngshè)
• 原始公社 (yuánshǐ gōngshè)
• 巴黎公社 (Bālí Gōngshè)
• 氏族公社 (shìzú gōngshè)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (公社):

• → Japanese: 公社(こうしゃ) (kōsha)
• → Korean: 공사(公社) (gongsa)
• → Vietnamese: công xã (公社)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
公	社
こう Grade: 2	しゃ Grade: 2
on'yomi

Alternative spelling
公社 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

Compound of 公(こう) (kō, “public”) + 社(しゃ) (sha, “company”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ko̞ːɕa̠]
• (Tokyo) こーしゃ [kóꜜòshà] (Atamadaka – [1])

Noun

公(こう)社(しゃ) • (kōsha) 

1. a public corporation

   日(にっ)本(ぽん)電(でん)信(しん)電(でん)話(わ)公(こう)社(しゃ)

   Nippon Denshin Denwa Kōsha

   Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Public Corporation

   アメリカ合(がっ)衆(しゅう)国(こく)郵(ゆう)便(びん)公(こう)社(しゃ)

   Amerikagasshūkoku Yūbin Kōsha

   United States Postal Service

References

• “公社”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[1] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2026

Korean

Hanja in this term
公	社

Noun

公社 • (gongsa) (hangeul 공사)

1. hanja form^? of 공사 (“government-run corporation”)

   韓國放送公社

   han'gukbangsonggongsa

   Korean Broadcasting Public Corporation

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
公	社

Noun

公社

1. chữ Hán form of công xã (“commune”)