社会/社會 shèhuì — society

Meanings

1. 1

   society

   The whole web of people living together and depending on one another — not any one group but the shared structure everyone lives inside. It appears in compounds like 社会问题 (social problem) and 社会上 (out in society, the real world, as against school).

   noun

Character breakdown

• 会/會

  huì (fourth tone, falling) kuài (fourth tone, falling)

  to know how to, to be able to (through learning); to be likely to, will; a meeting, a gathering, an association; (kuài) only in 会计, accounting

  6 strokes⿱人云Radical 人

Example sentences

• 这是一个很重要的社会问题。/這是一個很重要的社會問題。Zhè (fourth tone, falling) shì (fourth tone, falling) yí (second tone, rising) ge (neutral tone) hěn (third tone, dipping) zhòngyào (fourth tone, falling) de (neutral tone) shèhuì (fourth tone, falling) wèntí. (fourth tone, falling)···

  This is a very important social issue.

• 他很关心社会上的事情。/他很關心社會上的事情。Tā (first tone, high and level) hěn (third tone, dipping) guānxīn (first tone, high and level) shèhuì (fourth tone, falling) shang (neutral tone) de (neutral tone) shìqing. (fourth tone, falling)···

  He cares a lot about things going on in society.

Common mistakes

• Not quite社会都同意这个办法。

  Correct大家都同意这个办法。

  社会 names the abstract structure people live within; it does not act or speak as a group the way 大家 (everyone present) does. Name the people — 大家 — when they are the ones agreeing.

Similar words

Words containing 会

• 会/會huì (fourth tone, falling)can, to know how to (a learned skill)
• 机会/機會jīhuì (first tone, high and level)chance, opportunity
• 会议/會議huìyì (fourth tone, falling)meeting, conference
• 一会儿/一會兒yíhuìr (second tone, rising)a little while, a moment
• 委员会/委員會wěi (third tone, dipping) yuán (second tone, rising) huì (fourth tone, falling)committee
• 学会/學會xué (second tone, rising) huì (fourth tone, falling)to learn
• 大会/大會dà (fourth tone, falling) huì (fourth tone, falling)general assembly
• 误会/誤會wùhuì (fourth tone, falling)to misunderstand, to get the wrong idea
• 协会/協會xié (second tone, rising) huì (fourth tone, falling)an association
• 董事会/董事會dǒng (third tone, dipping) shì (fourth tone, falling) huì (fourth tone, falling)board of directors
• 体会/體會tǐ (third tone, dipping) huì (fourth tone, falling)to know from experience
• 晚会/晚會wǎn (third tone, dipping) huì (fourth tone, falling)evening party
• 约会/約會yuē (first tone, high and level) huì (fourth tone, falling)appointment
• 演唱会/演唱會yǎn (third tone, dipping) chàng (fourth tone, falling) huì (fourth tone, falling)vocal recital or concert
• 会见/會見huì (fourth tone, falling) jiàn (fourth tone, falling)to meet with (sb who is paying a visit)
• 会员/會員huì (fourth tone, falling) yuán (second tone, rising)member
• 都会/都會dū (first tone, high and level) huì (fourth tone, falling)city