社會
Chinese
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 | ||
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trad. (社會) | 社 | 會 | |
simp. (社会) | 社 | 会 | |
anagram | 會社/会社 |
Etymology
Wasei kango (和製漢語), orthographically borrowed from Japanese 社会 (shakai, “society”), which was in turn a semantic readaptation of Chinese 社會/社会 (shèhuì, “public gathering for offering to the earth god”).
Pronunciation
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Noun
(deprecated template usage) 社會
- society (aggregate of people living together); community
- class (world of a certain group of people)
- (archaic) public gathering for offering to the earth god
- (Mainland China, slang) mafia; gang
Usage notes
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
- (society): (figurative) 人海 (rénhǎi)
Derived terms
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Adjective
(deprecated template usage) 社會
- (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
Kanji in this term | |
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社 | 會 |
しゃ Grade: 2 |
かい Hyōgaiji |
on’yomi |
Noun
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Korean
Hanja in this term | |
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社 | 會 |
Noun
Vietnamese
chữ Hán Nôm in this term | |
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社 | 會 |
Noun
社會
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