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社会shè huìsociety

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社会 (shè huì) means "society." It refers to people living together as a community, as in 现代社会 (modern society). It is common in talk about jobs, news, and social problems, and people say 走向社会 when young people finish school and start working in the wider world.

What does 社会 mean?

  1. 1.

    societynoun

What do the characters in 社会 mean?

  • 社(bound form) society; organization; agency
  • 会not compositional here

How do you use 社会?

社会 often appears in phrases like 社会问题 (social problem) and 走向社会 (to enter society after school).

What are some examples of 社会 in a sentence?

  1. 每个人都是社会的一部分。

    Měi gè rén dōu shì shèhuì de yí bùfen.

    Everyone is part of society.

  2. 社会发展得很快。

    Shèhuì fāzhǎn de hěn kuài.

    Society is developing very quickly.

  3. 他很关心社会问题。

    Tā hěn guānxīn shèhuì wèntí.

    He cares a lot about social issues.

How is 社会 used in a conversation?

  1. Speaker A:

    你哥哥大学毕业了吗?

    Nǐ gēge dàxué bìyè le ma?

    Has your older brother graduated from university?

  2. Speaker B:

    毕业了,他现在在一家公司工作。

    Bìyè le, tā xiànzài zài yì jiā gōngsī gōngzuò.

    Yes. He works at a company now.

  3. Speaker A:

    他觉得社会上的工作难吗?

    Tā juéde shèhuì shang de gōngzuò nán ma?

    Does he find working out in society hard?

  4. Speaker B:

    他说比学校累,可是学到了很多。

    Tā shuō bǐ xuéxiào lèi, kěshì xué dào le hěn duō.

    He says it's more tiring than school, but he's learned a lot.

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English glosses on this page are adapted from CC-CEDICT, published by MDBG (snapshot 2026-10-23), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Glosses were edited for learners.