HSK 4 · Society

社会 shèhuì “society” in Chinese

Traditional 社會

What 社会 means

  1. society

How to say 社会

  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale社shè4th tone, falling
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale会huì4th tone, falling

社会 in a sentence

  1. 社会在变化。

    Shèhuì zài biànhuà.

    Society is changing.

    Sentence #8927003 from Tatoeba

  2. 我相信良好的教育能改变人的社会地位。

    Wǒ xiāngxìn liánghǎo de jiàoyù néng gǎibiàn rén de shèhuì dìwèi.

    I believe a good education can change a person’s social status.

    Sentence #13906261 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  3. 家庭是社会的核心。

    Jiātíng shì shèhuì de héxīn.

    The family is the core of society.

    Sentence #4262069 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

How 社会 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 社 (shè) with each of its parts in a different colour
社shèsociety; organisation; agency
  • 礻sign form of 示 · shì
  • 土earth · tǔ
The character 会 (huì) with each of its parts in a different colour
会huìcan; to have the skill; to know how to
  • 人person · rén
  • 云cloud · yún

Memory aidPeople 人 getting together to talk 云 (云 meant “to say” in old Chinese): to meet, and to know how.

How to write 社会

社 7 strokes · 会 6 strokes

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社会 (shèhuì) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 社会 (shèhuì). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 社会

Words with 社

报社bàoshè · newspaper office社区shèqū · community

Words with 会

会huì · can会议huìyì · meeting机会jīhuì · opportunity开会kāihuì · to have a meeting晚会wǎnhuì · evening party一会儿yíhuìr · a while运动会yùndònghuì · sports meet误会wùhuì · to misunderstand约会yuēhuì · appointment聚会jùhuì · party

More words: School, Work & Culture

爱好àihào · hobby班bān · team办法bànfǎ · method京剧Jīngjù · Beijing opera聚会jùhuì · party举行jǔxíng · to hold (a meeting民族mínzú · nationality艺术yìshù · art

FAQs

社会 (shèhuì) means “society”. It is an HSK 4 word.
Say it shèhuì: shè with a 4th tone, then huì with a 4th tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
In Traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, 社会 is written 社會. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type shehui with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 社会 from the suggestions. Typing shehui into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
社会 is an HSK 4 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.