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shè

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shè Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
shè | she4
English translation
society
group
club
agency
(old) god of the land
group, organization, society; a god of the soil

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About shè

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Number of strokes

7

Traditional form

shè

Contains the radical

shì

Part of speech

Noun / 名词 míng cí Míngcí

Learning hint

An earth  spirit  shì shì also provides the pronunciation

Etymology of shè

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Type

ideographic

Positional decomposition

礻土

Explanation

Originally depicted a god ( shì ) of the land (). The meaning later shifted to "society".

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Example sentences using shè

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有些 yǒu xiē lǎo de 报社 bàoshè 由于 yóuyú 销量 xiāo liàng ér 倒闭 dǎobì le .

Some of old newspapers had to go out of business for low sales.

shuì de shì 迷题出版社 chū bǎn shè de rén 表示 biǎoshì yǒu 兴趣 xìng qù .

What I said was that there was some interest at Conundrum.

郭贵春:《后现代科学 kēxué 实在论, 知识 zhīshi 出版社 chū bǎn shè , 1995, 11;2~3.

Paul M. Churchland and Clifford A. Hooker , Images of Science, the University of Chicago Press, 1985, pp .245~

开始 kāishǐ xià ,人群 rén qún jiù 蜂拥 fēng yōng huí le 旅社 lǚ shè .

When the rain started the crowd swarmed back into the hotel.

植物 zhíwù 发育 fāyù de 分子 fèn zǐ 机理 jī lǐ 许智宏刘春明,科学 kēxué 出版社 chū bǎn shè , 1998.

Molecular Genetics of Plant Development . Stephen Howell , Cambridge University Press,

Words with shè

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
社会 shèhuì society社會
社区 shèqū community社區
新华社 Xīn huá shè Xinhua News Agency新華社
社会主义 shè huì zhǔ yì socialism社會主義
shè society shè
社交 shè jiāo interaction社交 shè jiāo
报社 bàoshè newspaper (i.e. a company)報社
出版社 chū bǎn shè publishing house出版社 chū bǎn shè
黑社会 hēi shè huì criminal underworld黑社會
社团 shè tuán association社團
社长 shè zhǎng president or director (of association etc)社長
杂志社 zá zhì shè magazine publisher雜誌社
旅行社 lǚ xíng shè travel agency旅行社 lǚ xíng shè
社员 shè yuán commune member (PRC, 1958-1985)社員
公社 gōng shè commune公社 gōng shè
社保 shè bǎo social insurance社保 shè bǎo
社会学 shè huì xué sociology社會學
社论 shè lùn editorial (in a newspaper)社論
美联社 Měi Lián shè Associated Press (AP)美聯社
中新社 Zhōng xīn shè China News Service (CNS), abbr. for 中國新聞社|中国新闻社 Zhōng guó Xīn wén shè 中新社 Zhōng xīn shè
合作社 hé zuò shè cooperative合作社 hé zuò shè
社会科学 shè huì kē xué social sciences社會科學
社会化 shè huì huà socialization社會化
旅社 lǚ shè hotel旅社 lǚ shè
路透社 Lù tòu shè Reuters News Agency路透社 Lù tòu shè

shè Decomposition & Compounds

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shè Decomposition

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