社会 shèhuì society
How to remember 社会: 社 group + 会 can = society.
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How it is used
- Society - 社会问题 (shèhuì wèntí) social problems; 进入社会 (jìnrù shèhuì) enter society/the working world.
- That last idiom means leaving school for real life. Contrast 世界 (shìjiè, the world) and 国家 (guójiā, country/state): 社会 is the human community and its structures.
- Common: 社会主义 (shèhuì zhǔyì) socialism, 社会经验 (shèhuì jīngyàn) worldly experience.
Example sentences
- 工人为社会服务。 Gōngrén wèi shèhuì fúwù.Workers serve society.
- 他们忙于社会改革。 Tāmen mángyú shèhuì gǎigé.They were busy working for social reforms.
- 社会上满是不称职的医生。 Shèhuì shàngmǎn shì búchènzhí de yīshēng.The world is full of incompetent doctors.