社團

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
• Min Nan (POJ): siǎ-thoân / siā-thoân

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: shètuán
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄜˋ ㄊㄨㄢˊ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shehtwan
    • IPA ^(key): /ʂɤ⁵¹ tʰu̯än³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: se⁵ tyun⁴
    • Yale: séh tyùhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: se⁵ tyn⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: sé⁵ tün⁴
    • IPA ^(key): /sɛː¹³ tʰyːn²¹/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sa-thòn
    • Hakka Romanization System: sa tonˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: sa⁴ ton²
    • IPA: /sa⁵⁵ tʰon¹¹/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siǎ-thoân
    • Tâi-lô: siǎ-thuân
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ɕia²² tʰuan²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siā-thoân
    • Tâi-lô: siā-thuân
    • Phofsit Daibuun: siaxtoaan
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɕia³³⁻²¹ tʰuan²³/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ɕia²²⁻²¹ tʰuan²⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /ɕia³³⁻¹¹ tʰuan²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɕia²²⁻²¹ tʰuan¹³/

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
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)

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Japanese

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

Noun

社團 (kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai kanji 社団, hiragana しゃだん, rōmaji shadan)

1. association

Derived terms

• 社團法人 (しゃだんほうじん) (shadanhōjin)