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社会等级

shè huì děng jídictionary entry
DEFINITION CC-CEDICT
social rank / class / caste
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Reference definitions: CC-CEDICT contributors and MDBG, CC BY-SA 4.0. Source release 2026-10-27T01:55:52Z. Imported 2026-10-27. Definition wording and meaning order are retained. Recognized pronunciation references are displayed with tone marks; the original source record is available below.

Source record: cd-0a40e1773f072261. Source SHA-256: bbc4b27f26bee1a262f4d7939667a040c7857c7fc0200a2fa7a86d3352a09eae.

Original source entry:

社會等級 社会等级 [she4 hui4 deng3 ji2] /social rank; class; caste/

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Other forms in these source records: 社會等級

  • 社
    shè

    (bound form) society / organization / agency / (old) god of the land

  • 会
    huì

    can / to have the skill / to know how to / to be likely to / to be sure to / to meet / to get together / meeting / gathering / (suffix) union / group / association / (bound form) a moment (Taiwan pr. [huǐ])

    kuài

    (bound form) to reckon accounts

  • 等
    děng

    to wait for / to await / by the time / when / till / and so on / etc. / et al. / (bound form) class / rank / grade / (bound form) equal to / same as / (used to end an enumeration) / (literary) (plural suffix attached to a personal pronoun or noun)

  • 级
    jí

    level / grade / rank / step (of stairs) / CL:個|个[gè] / classifier: step, level

Reference definitions from CC-CEDICT.