保安 bǎo ān to ensure public security / to ensure safety (for workers engaged in production) / public security / security guard syn 安检 安檢 ān jiǎn security check (abbr. for 安全檢查|安全检查[an1quan2 jian3cha2]) / to do a security check 应酬 應酬 yìng chou to engage in social activities / to socialize / dinner party / banquet / social engagement syn 公安 gōng ān (Ministry of) Public Security / public safety / public security 高攀 gāo pān social climbing / to claim connections with people in higher social class 社工 shè gōng social work / social worker 国家安全局 國家安全局 guó jiā ān quán jú National Security Bureau (NSB) (Tw) / National Security Agency (NSA) (USA) 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) 关防 關防 guān fáng security measures (esp. border security) / official seal (esp. military seal during Qing and Ming times) syn 安全 ān quán safe / secure / safety / security syn 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 治安 zhì ān law and order / public security syn 警卫 警衛 jǐng wèi to stand guard over / (security) guard 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 安全感 ān quán gǎn sense of security 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 监视器 監視器 jiān shì qì security camera / surveillance monitor 喝茶 hē chá to drink tea / to get engaged / to have a serious conversation / (fig.) to have a meeting with state security agents (to be warned to behave "responsibly") syn 抵押 dǐ yā to provide (an asset) as security for a loan / to put up collateral syn 人情 rén qíng human emotions / social relationship / friendship / favor / a good turn syn 安保 ān bǎo security 小人 xiǎo rén person of low social status (old) / I, me (used to refer humbly to oneself) / nasty person / vile character syn 安全局 ān quán jú security bureau 证券 證券 zhèng quàn negotiable security (financial) / certificate / stocks and bonds syn 保全 bǎo quán to save from damage / to preserve / to maintain / to keep in good repair / (Tw) security guard syn 危及 wēi jí to endanger / to jeopardize / a danger (to life, national security etc) syn 交际 交際 jiāo jì communication / social intercourse syn 阶级 階級 jiē jí (social) class / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 太平 tài píng peace and security 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]) 执勤 執勤 zhí qín to be on duty (of a security guard etc) syn 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 森严 森嚴 sēn yán strict / rigid / tight (security) 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 安全区 安全區 ān quán qū a safe area / a security zone 动荡 動蕩 dòng dàng unrest (social or political) / turmoil / upheaval / commotion syn 安全性 ān quán xìng security / safety 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 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 抵押品 dǐ yā pǐn security (property held against a loan) / mortgaged property syn 关卡 關卡 guān qiǎ checkpoint (for taxation, security etc) / barrier / hurdle / red tape / CL:個|个[ge4],道[dao4] 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 国家安全部 國家安全部 guó jiā ān quán bù PRC Ministry of State Security 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 安理会 安理會 ān lǐ huì (United Nations) Security Council 防盗门 防盜門 fáng dào mén security door 八面玲珑 八面玲瓏 bā miàn líng lóng be smooth and slick (in establishing social relations) syn 社会科学 社會科學 shè huì kē xué social sciences 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 公安部 gōng ān bù Ministry of Public Security 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 公安局 gōng ān jú public security bureau (government office similar in function to a police station) 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] 公安机关 公安機關 gōng ān jī guān public security bureau 国家安全 國家安全 guó jiā ān quán national security 安全管理 security management 安全问题 安全問題 ān quán wèn tí safety issue / security issue 信息安全 xìn xī ān quán information security 社科 shè kē social science (abbr.) 