应酬 應酬 yìng chou to engage in social activities / to socialize / dinner party / banquet / social engagement syn 理科 lǐ kē the sciences (as opposed to the humanities 文科[wen2 ke1]) 自然科学 自然科學 zì rán kē xué natural sciences 科学院 科學院 kē xué yuàn academy of sciences / CL:個|个[ge4] 高攀 gāo pān social climbing / to claim connections with people in higher social class 社工 shè gōng social work / social worker 数理 數理 shù lǐ mathematical sciences 文理 wén lǐ arts and sciences 中科院 zhōng kē yuàn abbr. for 中國社會科學院|中国社会科学院[Zhong1 guo2 She4 hui4 Ke1 xue2 yuan4], Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) 生命科学 生命科學 shēng mìng kē xué life sciences 社科院 shè kē yuàn (Chinese) Academy of Social Sciences (CASS) 中国社会科学院 中國社會科學院 zhōng guó shè huì kē xué yuàn Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS) 边缘人 邊緣人 biān yuán rén marginalized people (not part of mainstream society) / marginal man (term coined by social psychologist Kurt Lewin, referring to a person in transition between two cultures or social groups, not fully belonging to either) 基础科学 基礎科學 jī chǔ kē xué basic sciences 人文社科 rén wén shè kē (abbr.) humanities and social sciences 严复 嚴復 yán fù Yan Fu (1853-1921), influential Chinese writer and translator of Western books, esp. on social sciences 格致 格緻 gé zhì to study the underlying principle to acquire knowledge (abbr. for 格物致知[ge2 wu4 zhi4 zhi1]) / word for Western natural sciences during late Qing 格物 gé wù to study the underlying principles, esp. in neo-Confucian rational learning 理學|理学[li3 xue2] / word for Western natural sciences during late Qing 身份 shēn fèn identity / aspect of one's identity (i.e. sth that one is – mayor, father, permanent resident etc) / role / capacity (as in "in his capacity as a ..." 以…的身份[yi3 xx5 de5 shen1 fen4]) / status (social, legal etc) / position / rank syn 追踪 追蹤 zhuī zōng to track / to trace / to follow up / (HK, Tw) to follow (on social media) syn 关注 關注 guān zhù to pay attention to / to follow sth closely / to follow (on social media) / concern / interest / attention syn 交流 jiāo liú to exchange / exchange / communication / interaction / to have social contact (with sb) 制服 zhì fú to subdue / to check / to bring under control / (in former times) what one is allowed to wear depending on social status / uniform (army, party, school etc) / livery (for company employees) / CL:套[tao4] 大事 dà shì major event / major political event (war or change of regime) / major social event (wedding or funeral) / (do sth) in a big way / CL:件[jian4],樁|桩[zhuang1] syn 身后 身後 shēn hòu the time after one's death / a place behind sb / (fig.) one's social background syn 社交 shè jiāo interaction / social contact syn 成分 chéng fèn composition / ingredient / element / component / one's social status syn 福利 fú lì material benefit / benefit in kind / (social) welfare syn 圈子 quān zi circle / ring / (social) circle syn 好友 hǎo yǒu close friend / pal / (social networking website) friend / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 人情 rén qíng human emotions / social relationship / friendship / favor / a good turn syn 小人 xiǎo rén person of low social status (old) / I, me (used to refer humbly to oneself) / nasty person / vile character syn 交际 交際 jiāo jì communication / social intercourse syn 阶级 階級 jiē jí (social) class / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 同等 tóng děng equal to / having the same social class or status syn 社保 shè bǎo social insurance (abbr. for 社會保險|社会保险[she4hui4 bao3xian3]) 阶层 階層 jiē céng social class 身价 身價 shēn jià social status / price of a slave / price of a person (a sportsman etc) / worth / value (of stocks, valuables etc) syn 萎缩 萎縮 wěi suō to wither / to dry up (of a plant) / to atrophy (of muscle, social custom etc) syn 不菲 bù fěi considerable (cost etc) / bountiful (crop etc) / high (social status etc) syn 武林 wǔ lín martial arts (social) circles 交谊舞 交誼舞 jiāo yì wǔ social dance / ballroom dancing 门路 門路 mén lù way of doing sth / the right social connection syn 风俗 風俗 fēng sú social custom / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 动荡 動蕩 dòng dàng unrest (social or political) / turmoil / upheaval / commotion syn 良药 良藥 liáng yào good medicine / panacea / fig. a good solution / a good remedy (e.g. to a social problem) 成份 chéng fèn composition / make-up / ingredient / element / component / one's social status / same as 成分 syn 社会保险 社會保險 shè huì bǎo xiǎn social security (abbr. to 社保[she4bao3]) 条条框框 條條框框 tiáo tiáo kuàng kuàng fixed framework (idiom) / restriction of social conventions and taboos (usually derogatory) / regulations and restrictions syn 贱民 賤民 jiàn mín social stratum below the level of ordinary people / untouchable / dalit (India caste) 平步青云 平步青雲 píng bù qīng yún to rapidly go up in the world / meteoric rise (of a career, social position etc) syn 上班族 shàng bān zú office workers (as social group) 各界 gè jiè all walks of life / all social circles syn 社会关系 社會關係 shè huì guān xì social relation 低微 dī wēi meager (wages) / humble (social status) / feeble (voice) syn 洋相 yáng xiàng social gaffe or blunder / faux pas / see 出洋相[chu1 yang2 xiang4] syn 大潮 dà cháo spring tide / (fig.) momentous social change syn 礼数 禮數 lǐ shù etiquette / (old) gradation of etiquette with social status syn 公害 gōng hài environmental pollution / social scourge / blight on society 丛生 叢生 cóng shēng growing as a thicket / overgrown / breaking out everywhere (of disease, social disorder etc) 孔子 kǒng zǐ Confucius (551-479 BC), Chinese thinker and social philosopher, also known as 孔夫子[Kong3 fu1 zi3] 联欢会 聯歡會 lián huān huì social gathering / party 分房 fēn fáng to sleep in separate rooms / distribution of social housing 八面玲珑 八面玲瓏 bā miàn líng lóng be smooth and slick (in establishing social relations) syn 门当户对 門當戶對 mén dāng hù duì the families are well-matched in terms of social status (idiom) / (of a prospective marriage partner) an appropriate match syn 攀附 pān fù to climb (of climbing plants) / to creep / to cling on to / fig. to seek connection (with the rich and powerful) / social climbing syn 贵贱 貴賤 guì jiàn noble and lowly / high versus low social hierarchy of ruler to people, father to son, husband to wife in Confucianism 门楣 門楣 mén méi lintel (of a door) / fig. family's social status syn 脉络 脈絡 mài luò arteries and veins / network of blood vessels / vascular system (of a plant or animal) / (fig.) fabric (i.e. underlying structure, as in "social fabric") / overall context syn 公德 gōng dé public ethics / social morality 社会活动 社會活動 social event 社会性 社會性 shè huì xìng social 独尊 獨尊 dú zūn to revere as sole orthodoxy / to hold supremacy (of a religion, ideology, cultural norm, social group etc) / to be dominant syn 路数 路數 lù shù stratagem / method / approach / (martial arts) movement / social connections / (sb's) background story syn 世态 世態 shì tài the ways of the world / social behavior syn 贴图 貼圖 tiē tú sticker (social messaging) (Tw) 一族 yī zú social group / subculture / family / clan / see also 族[zu2] 社会保障 社會保障 shè huì bǎo zhàng social security 社科 shè kē social science (abbr.) 社会团体 社會團體 shè huì tuán tǐ social group / community organization 弱势群体 弱勢群體 ruò shì qún tǐ disadvantaged social groups (e.g. the handicapped) / the economically and politically marginalized / the dispossessed 社会环境 社會環境 shè huì huán jìng social environment / milieu 社会问题 社會問題 shè huì wèn tí social 社群 shè qún community / social grouping 社会福利 社會福利 shè huì fú lì social welfare 公益事业 公益事業 gōng yì shì yè service to the public / public welfare undertaking / charity / social facility 社会服务 社會服務 shè huì fú wù social services 朋友圈 péng you quān Moments (social networking function of smartphone app WeChat 微信[Wei1 xin4]) 四维 四維 sì wéi the four social bonds: propriety, justice, integrity and honor / see 禮義廉恥|礼义廉耻[li3 yi4 lian2 chi3] / the four directions / the four limbs (Chinese medicine) / four-dimensional 快手 kuài shǒu Kuaishou, Chinese social video sharing app syn 社会工作 社會工作 shè huì gōng zuò social work 自动升级 自動升級 zì dòng shēng jí social promotion 种草 種草 zhòng cǎo (neologism) (slang) to spark interest in a product or idea (esp. on social media) 打卡 dǎ kǎ (of an employee) to clock on (or off) / to punch in (or out) / (on social media) to check in to a location 社会阶层 社會階層 shè huì jiē céng social class 风土 風土 fēng tǔ natural conditions and social customs of a place / local conditions syn 孔夫子 kǒng fū zǐ Confucius (551-479 BC), Chinese thinker and social philosopher, also known as 孔子[Kong3 zi3] 尊卑 zūn bēi superior and subordinate / social ranking 富农 富農 fù nóng rich peasant / social class of people farming their own land, intermediate between land-owner class 地主[di4 zhu3] and poor peasant 貧農|贫农[pin2 nong2] 