Dictionary🇨🇳 Chinese → 🇺🇸 English
社
shè
Description
“社”常常用来表示公司或者一些团体。
"社" is often used to represent companies or some groups.
我们说“报社”“旅行社”的时候，都会用到这个字。
When we say "报社" (newspaper office) or "旅行社" (travel agency), we use this character.
Meanings
社shè
an organization, agency, or company
他在一家报社工作。
He works at a newspaper office.
社shè
a group or society of people
我参加了学校的诗社。
I joined the school's poetry club.
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Notes
- Etymology
originally meant an altar to the god of earth, later broadened to community and organization.
- Nuance
as a suffix, 社 names agencies (报社, 通讯社) and clubs (诗社).
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