社会主义

社會主義

shèhuìzhǔyì

noun HSK 7-9 #13,747

Meanings

社会 (society) + 主义 (doctrine/ism) - the doctrine of society, i.e. socialism.

HSK 1

中国是社会主义国家。

Zhōngguó shì shèhuìzhǔyì guójiā.

China is a socialist country.

HSK 7-9

社会主义核心价值观很重要。

Shèhuìzhǔyì héxīn jiàzhíguān hěn zhòngyào.

The core socialist values are very important.

usage

主义 (-ism) is a productive suffix: 资本主义 (capitalism), 共产主义 (communism), 马克思主义 (Marxism). Recognizing 主义 helps decode many political terms.

社 shè

会 huì

主 zhǔ

义 yì