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

Mandarin
(Pinyin): gōngshè

(Zhuyin): ㄍㄨㄥㄕㄜˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): gung¹ se⁵
Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): gorng¹ sia⁵
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): kong-siǎ / kong-siā

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
  - Hanyu Pinyin: gōngshè
  - Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄥㄕㄜˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: gongshè
  - Wade–Giles: kung¹-shê⁴
  - Yale: gūng-shè
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gongsheh
  - Palladius: гуншэ (gunšɛ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʊŋ⁵⁵ ʂɤ⁵¹/
  - Homophones:
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    公社
    公設 / 公设
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: gung¹ se⁵
  - Yale: gūng séh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: gung¹ se⁵
  - Guangdong Romanization: gung¹ sé⁵
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʊŋ⁵⁵ sɛː¹³/
Puxian Min
- (Putian)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: gorng¹ sia⁵ [Phonetic: gorng² nia⁵]
  - Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: go̤ng-siā
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɒŋ⁵³³⁻¹³ ^(ɬ-)nia¹¹/
- (Xianyou)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: gorng¹ sia⁵ [Phonetic: gorng² nia⁵]
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɒŋ⁵⁴⁴⁻²⁴ ^(ɬ-)nia²¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kong-siǎ
  - Tâi-lô: kong-siǎ
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /kɔŋ³³ sia²²/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kong-siā
  - Tâi-lô: kong-siā
  - Phofsit Daibuun: kongsia
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /kɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² sia²²/
  - IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /kɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ sia³³/

Noun

公社

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

Synonyms

(primitive commune): 氏族公社 (shìzú gōngshè), 原始公社 (yuánshǐ gōngshè)
(people's commune): 人民公社 (rénmín gōngshè)

Derived terms

人民公社 (rénmín gōngshè)
原始公社 (yuánshǐ gōngshè)
巴黎公社 (Bālí Gōngshè)
氏族公社 (shìzú gōngshè)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (公社):

→ Japanese: 公社(こうしゃ) (kōsha)
→ Korean: 공사(公社) (gongsa)
→ Vietnamese: công xã (公社)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
公	社
こう Grade: 2	しゃ Grade: 2
on'yomi

Alternative spelling
(kyūjitai)

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) こーしゃ [kóꜜòshà] (Atamadaka – [1])
IPA^(key): [ko̞ːɕa̠]

Noun

公(こう)社(しゃ) • (kōsha)

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)

hanja form^? of 공사 (“government-run corporation”)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
公	社

Noun

公社

chữ Hán form of công xã (“commune”)