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社会

shè huì

Old HSK 4 HSK 3.0 level 4 2-character word Traditional 社會

社会 (shè huì) means "society". It is an HSK 3.0 level 4 word, and was HSK 4 in the old six-level list.

What 社会 means

1. society

The characters in 社会

• 社shè(bound form) society; organization; agency; (old) god of the land
• 会huìcan; to have the skill; to know how to; to be likely to; to be sure to; to meet…

Example sentences

• 社会在变化。
  Society is changing.
• 暴力是社会的癌症。
  Bàolì shì shèhuì de áizhèng.
  Violence is the cancer of our society.
• 家庭是社会的核心。
  Jiātíng shì shèhuì de héxīn.
  The family is the fundamental unit of society.
• 他们忙于社会改革。
  They were busy working for social reforms.
• 我们住在一个社会。
  We live in a society.
• 社会变态者喜欢说谎。
  Shèhuì biàntài zhě xǐhuan shuōhuǎng.
  Sociopaths like telling lies.

Words starting with 社会

• 社会主义shè huì zhǔ yìsocialism
• 社会科学shè huì kē xuésocial sciences
• 社会学shè huì xuésociology
• 社会关系shè huì guān xìsocial relation
• 社会化shè huì huàto socialize
• 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
• 社会团体shè huì tuán tǐsocial group; community organization
• 社会名流shè huì míng liúcelebrity; public figure
• 社会事业shè huì shì yèsocial enterprise
• 社会工作shè huì gōng zuòsocial work
• 社会服务shè huì fú wùsocial services
• 社会民主shè huì mín zhǔsocial democracy
• 社会行动shè huì xíng dòngsocial actions
• 社会工作者shè huì gōng zuò zhěsocial worker
• 社会工程学shè huì gōng chéng xué(cybersecurity) social engineering
• 社会信用体系shè huì xìn yòng tǐ xìsocial credit system, a system that incentivizes individuals and businesses by creating…
• 社会正义shè huì zhèng yìsocial justice
• 社会主义者shè huì zhǔ yì zhěsocialist
• 社会民主主义shè huì mín zhǔ zhǔ yìsocial democracy
• 社会等级shè huì děng jísocial rank; class; caste
• 社会经济shè huì jīng jìsocio-economic
• 社会总需求shè huì zǒng xū qiúaggregate social demand; total requirement of society

Words containing 社会

• 黑社会hēi shè huìcriminal underworld; organized crime syndicate
• 封建社会fēng jiàn shè huìfeudal society
• 原始社会yuán shǐ shè huìprimitive society
• 中国社会科学院Zhōng guó Shè huì Kē xué yuànChinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS)
• 公民社会gōng mín shè huìcivil society
• 国际社会guó jì shè huìthe international community
• 国家社会主义guó jiā shè huì zhǔ yìnational socialism; Nazism
• 人文社会学科rén wén shè huì xué kēhumanities and social sciences
• 市民社会shì mín shè huìcivil society (law)
• 反社会fǎn shè huìantisocial (behavior)
• 反社会行为fǎn shè huì xíng wéiantisocial behavior
• 空想社会主义kōng xiǎng shè huì zhǔ yìutopian socialism
• 上流社会shàng liú shè huìupper class; high society
• 民族社会主义mín zú shè huì zhǔ yìnational socialism; Nazism
• 企业社会责任qǐ yè shè huì zé rèncorporate social responsibility (CSR)
• 小康社会xiǎo kāng shè huìsociety in which the material needs of most citizens are adequately met
• 母系社会mǔ xì shè huìmatrilineality
• 贵族社会guì zú shè huìaristocracy
• 奴隶社会nú lì shè huìslave-owning society (precedes feudal society 封建社会 in Marxist theory)
• 经济社会及文化权利国际公约jīng jì shè huì jí wén huà quán lì guó jì gōng yuēInternational Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (ICESCR)
• 中国特色社会主义Zhōng guó tè sè shè huì zhǔ yìsocialism with Chinese characteristics, phrase introduced by the CCP in 1986 to refer to…
• 苏维埃社会主义共和国联盟Sū wéi āi Shè huì zhǔ yì Gòng hé guó Lián méngUnion of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR), 1922-1991; abbr. to 苏联
• 德国统一社会党Dé guó Tǒng yī Shè huì dǎngSozialistische Einheitspartei Deutschlands (Socialist Unity Party of Germany 1949-1990)…
• 统一社会信用代码tǒng yī shè huì xìn yòng dài mǎunified social credit identifier, the VAT identification number of a business or…

Sounds the same

Read shè huì, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 涉贿to be suspected of bribery

Where 社会 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of Society, law & regulations (HSK 4), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

Go deeper

• Every HSK 4 word, with the rest of its level.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read shè huì correctly.
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