公社

Chinese
 
just; honourable; public
just; honourable; public; common; fair; duke; mister
 society; group
trad. (公社) 公 社
simp. #(公社) 公 社
anagram 社公

Pronunciation

Noun

公社

  1. commune
    1. (specifically) primitive commune
    2. (specifically) people's commune (administrative unit in China from 1958 to 1983)

Synonyms

Derived terms

Descendants
Sino-Xenic (公社):

Japanese
Kanji in this term
公 社
こう
Grade: 2		 しゃ
Grade: 2
on’yomi
Alternative spelling
公社 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

Compound of 公(こう) (kō, “public”) + 社(しゃ) (sha, “company”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ko̞ːɕa̠]

Noun

公(こう)社(しゃ) • (kōsha) 

  1. a public corporation
    日(にっ)本(ぽん)電(でん)信(しん)電(でん)話(わ)公(こう)社(しゃ)
    Nippon Denshin Denwa Kōsha
    Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Public Corporation
    アメリカ合(がっ)衆(しゅう)国(こく)郵(ゆう)便(びん)公(こう)社(しゃ)
    Amerikagasshūkoku Yūbin Kōsha
    United States Postal Service

Korean
Hanja in this term
公社

Noun

公社 • (gongsa) (hangeul 공사)

  1. Hanja form? of 공사 (“government-run corporation”).

Vietnamese
chữ Hán Nôm in this term
公社

Noun

公社

  1. chữ Hán form of công xã (“commune”).
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