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Society in Chinese

society · HSK 4

社会 shè huì

  1. 社 shè society
  2. 会 huì can

年轻人要多了解社会。 Young people should learn more about society.

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How do you say society in Chinese?

Society in Chinese is 社会 (shè huì). You can also say 团 (tuán), 社 (shè), 协会 (xié huì).

Which word should I use?

Start with the first one: it is the easiest on the HSK list. The others say it too, often in a more formal way or for a narrower sense; each one’s page has real sentences that show how it is used.

Where do these words come from?

The CC-CEDICT dictionary’s meanings for the official HSK word list. A word is shown for an English word when that is one of its first meanings; the easiest word whose first meaning it is comes first.

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