社 (se5 | she4) : society; community

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社

se5

she4

[1] the god of the soil; god of land [2] [n] society; community [3] [n] association; organisation; corporation; agency

Stroke count: 8

Level: 3

Radical: 示 (#113)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

社

This word has been viewed 13323 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 8th Jul 2009 20:44

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徵信社 zing1 seon3 se5 zheng1 xin4 she4 = (Taiwan) private investigator; credit bureau

上流社會 soeng6 lau4 se5 wui6*2 shang4 liu2 she4 hui4 = high society

社會 se5 wui6*2 she4 hui4 = society; social

黑社會 hak1 se5 wui6*2 hei1 she4 hui4 = organised crime; the triads; gangsters

社會主義 se5 wui6*2 zyu2 ji6 she4 hui4 zhu3 yi4 = socialism

社員 se5 jyun4 she4 yuan2 = society or association member

社論 se5 leon6 she4 lun4 = editorial

報社 bou3 se5 bao4 she4 = press office

出版社 ceot1 baan2 se5 chu1 ban3 she4 = publishing house; publisher

通訊社 tung1 seon3 se5 tong1 xun4 she4 = news agency; press agency; news service; press service
See all 93 compounds (CantoDict reports 107 compounds in total, but some may be Common Formations)

Showing 1 example containing 社

嗰時有嗰時嘅社會氛圍粵
Back then, society had its own sets of norms.

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Decimal representation of this word: 社
Unicode code for this character: U+793E (off-site link)

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