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市民社会

shì mín shè huìdictionary entry
DEFINITION CC-CEDICT
civil society (law)
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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-dc3eb1e1d18f1346. Source SHA-256: bbc4b27f26bee1a262f4d7939667a040c7857c7fc0200a2fa7a86d3352a09eae.

Original source entry:

市民社會 市民社会 [shi4 min2 she4 hui4] /civil society (law)/

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Other forms in these source records: 市民社會

  • 市
    shì

    market / city / municipality (administrative unit) / (literary) to trade / to buy and sell goods

  • 民
    mín

    (bound form) the people / inhabitants of a country

    Mín

    surname Min

  • 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

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