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社

shè

HSK 4 Character

What 社 means

1. bound formsociety; organization; agency
2. oldgod of the land

Example sentences

• 我是社工。
  I'm a social worker.
• 社会在变化。
  Society is changing.
• 社区是安静的。
  Shèqū shì ānjìng de.
  The neighborhood was silent.
• 我参加帆船社。
  Wǒ cānjiā fānchuán shè.
  I belong to the sailing club.
• 鲍伯在话剧社。
  Bào bó zài huàjù shè.
  Bob is in the drama club.
• 我叁加帆船社。
  I belong to the sailing club.

Words starting with 社

• 社会shè huìsociety
• 社区shè qūcommunity; neighborhood
• 社会主义shè huì zhǔ yìsocialism
• 社团shè tuánassociation; society; group
• 社长shè zhǎngpresident or director (of association etc)
• 社会科学shè huì kē xuésocial sciences
• 社交shè jiāointeraction; social contact
• 社会学shè huì xuésociology
• 社员shè yuáncommune member (PRC, 1958–1985); member of a society (or other organization)
• 社论shè lùneditorial (in a newspaper)
• 社科shè kēsocial science (abbr.)
• 社会关系shè huì guān xìsocial relation
• 社会化shè huì huàto socialize
• 社保shè bǎosocial insurance (abbr. for 社会保险
• 社会保险shè huì bǎo xiǎnsocial security
• 社会活动shè huì huó dòngsocial activity
• 社会性shè huì xìngsocial; societal
• 社稷shè jìstate; country; the Gods of earth and grain
• 社群shè qúncommunity; social grouping
• 社科院Shè kē yuàn(Chinese) Academy of Social Sciences (CASS)
• 社会团体shè huì tuán tǐsocial group; community organization
• 社会名流shè huì míng liúcelebrity; public figure
• 社学shè xuéMing or Qing dynasty school
• 社工shè gōngsocial work; social worker; (cybersecurity) social engineering (abbr. for 社会工程学

Words containing 社

• 报社bào shènewspaper (i.e. a company)
• 出版社chū bǎn shèpublishing house
• 旅行社lǚ xíng shètravel agency
• 新华社Xīn huá shèXinhua News Agency, official press agency of the People's Republic of China, founded in…
• 公社gōng shècommune
• 黑社会hēi shè huìcriminal underworld; organized crime syndicate
• 神社shén shè(historical) shrine or altar for sacrifices to local or ancestral deities…
• 杂志社zá zhì shèmagazine publisher
• 合作社hé zuò shècooperative; workers' or agricultural producers' cooperative etc
• 旅社lǚ shèhotel; hostel
• 封建社会fēng jiàn shè huìfeudal society
• 人民公社rén mín gōng shèpeople's commune
• 美联社Měi Lián shèAssociated Press (AP); abbr. for 美国联合通讯社
• 路透社Lù tòu shèReuters News Agency
• 中央社Zhōng yāng shèCentral News Agency (Taiwan)
• 法新社Fǎ xīn shèAgence France Presse; AFP news agency
• 书社shū shèa reading group; press (i.e. publishing house)
• 通讯社tōng xùn shèa news service (e.g. Xinhua)
• 中新社Zhōng xīn shèChina News Service (CNS) (abbr. for 中国新闻社
• 结社jié shèto form an association
• 会社huì shèa guild; (in olden times) an association such as a political party, religious group or…
• 分社fēn shèsubdivision or branch of an organization; news bureau
• 原始社会yuán shǐ shè huìprimitive society
• 信用社xìn yòng shècredit union

Characters built on 土

These share the phonetic component 土 (tǔ), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 啬sèstingy
• 坷kēused in 坷垃
• 垩èto whitewash; to plaster
• 壑hègully; ravine; Taiwan pr. huò
• 圪gē(phonetic)
• 坼chèto crack; to split; to break
• 塥gédry clay lump

Characters that look like 社

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 放fàngto put; to place; to release
• 驻zhùto halt; to stay; to be stationed (of troops, diplomats etc)
• 杜dùbirchleaf pear (tree); to stop; to prevent
• 祉zhǐfelicity
• 牡mǔ(of a bird, animal or plant) male; key; hills
• 纰pīerror; carelessness; spoiled silk

Sounds the same

Read shè, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 设to set up; to put in place; (math) given; suppose; if
• 射to shoot; to launch; to allude to
• 摄(bound form) to take in; to absorb; to assimilate; to capture (video or still images)…
• 涉(literary) to wade across a body of water; (bound form) to experience; to undergo
• 拾to ascend in light steps
• 赦to pardon (a convict)
• 舍(bound form) residence; house; (bound form) my…
• 麝musk deer (Moschus moschiferus); also called 香獐子
• 慑(bound form) to fear; to be cowed; (bound form) to frighten; to intimidate; Taiwan pr. zhé
• 蠂Podisma mikado
• 歙used in 歙县
• 韘archer's thumb ring