社團

See also: 社团 and 社団

Chinese

		society; group	regiment; round; circular regiment; round; circular; group; society
trad. (社團)		社	團
simp. (社团)		社	团

Etymology

Short for 社會團體／社会团体 (shèhuì tuántǐ, “social + body/organization”).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shètuán

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄜˋ ㄊㄨㄢˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): se⁵ tyun⁴
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): sa-thòn
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): siǎ-thoân / siā-thoân

  (Teochew, Peng'im): sia⁶ tuang⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shètuán
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄜˋ ㄊㄨㄢˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shètuán
    • Wade–Giles: shê⁴-tʻuan²
    • Yale: shè-twán
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shehtwan
    • Palladius: шэтуань (šɛtuanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂɤ⁵¹ tʰu̯än³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: se⁵ tyun⁴
    • Yale: séh tyùhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: se⁵ tyn⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: sé⁵ tün⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɛː¹³ tʰyːn²¹/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sa-thòn
    • Hakka Romanization System: sa tonˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: sa⁴ ton²
    • Sinological IPA: /sa⁵⁵ tʰon¹¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siǎ-thoân
    • Tâi-lô: siǎ-thuân
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /sia²² tʰuan²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siā-thoân
    • Tâi-lô: siā-thuân
    • Phofsit Daibuun: siaxtoaan
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /sia³³⁻²¹ tʰuan²³/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /sia²²⁻²¹ tʰuan²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /sia²²⁻²¹ tʰuan¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /sia³³⁻¹¹ tʰuan²⁴/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: sia⁶ tuang⁵
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: siă thuâng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sia³⁵⁻¹¹ tʰuaŋ⁵⁵/

Noun

社團

1. non-governmental organization (NGO) which is organized by private citizens for cultural, academic or public welfare purposes; association; society; civic organization
   • Long title, Societies Ordinance (Cap. 151)

     本條例旨在就社團的註冊、禁止某些社團的運作，以及與此有關的事宜，訂定條文。 [MSC, trad.]
     本条例旨在就社团的注册、禁止某些社团的运作，以及与此有关的事宜，订定条文。 [MSC, simp.]

     Běn tiáolì zhǐzài jiù shètuán de zhùcè, jìnzhǐ mǒuxiē shètuán de yùnzuò, yǐjí yǔ cǐ yǒuguān de shìyí, dìngdìng tiáowén. [Pinyin]

     An Ordinance to provide for the registration of societies, for the prohibition of the operation of certain societies and for matters related thereto.

2. (slang) gang; mafia

Derived terms

• 中介社團／中介社团
• 社團主義／社团主义

 

Related terms

• 聯盟／联盟 (liánméng)
• 協會／协会 (xiéhuì)
• 學會／学会 (xuéhuì)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
社	團
しゃ Grade: 2	だん Jinmeiyō
on’yomi

Noun

社(しゃ)團(だん) • (shadan) 

1. association

Derived terms

• 社團法人(しゃだんほうじん) (shadanhōjin)

Korean

Hanja in this term
社	團

Noun

社團 • (sadan) (hangeul 사단)

1. Hanja form^? of 사단 (“association; society; civic organization”).