和諧

和諧

See also: 和谐

Chinese

		mix together; peace; harmony mix together; peace; harmony; and; with; union; cap (a poem); respond in singing; soft; warm	harmonious
trad. (和諧)		和	諧
simp. (和谐)		和	谐
anagram		諧和／谐和

Etymology

The slang sense of “censor” is related to the concept of a Harmonious Society, a signature ideology of Hu Jintao often cited as the rationale for censorship.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): héxié

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄜˊ ㄒㄧㄝˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): wo⁴ haai⁴
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): fò-hài
• Min Nan (POJ): hô-hâi

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: héxié
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄜˊ ㄒㄧㄝˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: hésié
    • Wade–Giles: ho²-hsieh²
    • Yale: hé-syé
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hershye
    • Palladius: хэсе (xɛse)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xɤ³⁵ ɕjɛ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: wo⁴ haai⁴
    • Yale: wòh hàaih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: wo⁴ haai⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: wo⁴ hai⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wɔː²¹ haːi̯²¹/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: fò-hài
    • Hakka Romanization System: foˇ haiˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: fo² hai²
    • Sinological IPA: /fo¹¹ hai̯¹¹/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hô-hâi
    • Tâi-lô: hô-hâi
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hoi'haai
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ho²⁴⁻²² hai²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ho²⁴⁻²² hai²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ho¹³⁻²² hai¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /ho²⁴⁻¹¹ hai²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /hɤ²³⁻³³ hai²³/

Adjective

和諧

1. harmonious; peaceful; conflict-free

   構建和諧家園／构建和谐家园  ―  gòujiàn héxié jiāyuán  ―  to build a harmonious home

Synonyms

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Synonyms of 和諧

和好 (héhǎo) 和平 (hépíng) 和洽 (héqià) 和睦 (hémù) 和美 (héměi) 平和 (pínghé) 融和 (rónghé) 融洽 (róngqià) 協調／协调 (xiétiáo) 和協 (Min Nan)

和氣／和气 (héqi) 團結／团结 (tuánjié) 緝穆／缉穆 (qìmù) (literary) 親睦／亲睦 (qīnmù) 調和／调和 (tiáohé) 調諧／调谐 (tiáoxié) 諧和／谐和 (xiéhé) 輯睦／辑睦 (jímù) (literary) 雝雝／雍雍 (yōngyōng) (literary) 順／顺 (shùn) (literary, or in compounds)

Derived terms

和諧世界／和谐世界 和諧圈／和谐圈 和諧文化／和谐文化

和諧社會／和谐社会 和諧號／和谐号

Verb

和諧

1. to harmonise; to bring together; to ensure the safety of

   食品安全，和諧萬家。 [MSC, trad.]
   食品安全，和谐万家。 [MSC, simp.]

   Shípǐn ānquán, héxié wànjiā. [Pinyin]

   Safe food, safe community.

2. (slang, often of the Communist Party of China, humorous) to censor; to enforce censorship

   Synonym: 河蟹 (héxiè)

   被和諧／被和谐  ―  bèi héxié  ―  to be censored

   • LOL衍生卡牌遊戲LOR因為國服要過審的緣故，原畫慘被和諧 [MSC, trad.]
     LOL衍生卡牌游戏LOR因为国服要过审的缘故，原画惨被和谐 [MSC, simp.]

     From: 2020 September, 霍文博 (Huo Wenbo), 《“热门·电竞”微博语篇研究》 [Research on “Hot · E-sports” Micro-blog Text] (PhD), Changchun: Jilin University, page 83

     LOL yǎnshēng kǎpái yóuxì LOR yīnwèi guófú yào guòshěn de yuángù, yuánhuà cǎn bèi héxié [Pinyin]

     (please add an English translation of this example)

Synonyms

• (to harmonise): 配合 (pèihé), 協調／协调 (xiétiáo)
• (to censor): 審查／审查 (shěnchá)