(shè huì) - society, social in Mandarin
shèhuìTraditional: 社會
Translation
society, social
Word origin
A compound of 社 (shè, an altar to the god of the soil, hence a community gathering) and 会 (huì, to meet, an association), a term reborrowed from Japanese to render the Western concept of society.
- Origin
- compound
- Root
- 社 (shè, community altar) + 会 (huì, association)
Stroke order
社
会
Examples
。
We live in a rapidly changing society.
育。
Education is very important to society.
毕业。
After graduating he began to enter society.
。
This issue has drawn the attention of society.
奏。
The pace of modern society is getting faster and faster.
社会 (shè huì) means society, the body of people living together, and serves as the modifier social. It is one of a cluster of modern terms reintroduced into Chinese through Japanese translations of Western concepts.
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