黑社會

See also: 黑社会

Chinese

		black; dark; Heilongjiang Province (abbrev.)	society; community; class
trad. (黑社會)		黑	社會
simp. (黑社会)		黑	社会

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): hēishèhuì

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄟ ㄕㄜˋ ㄏㄨㄟˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hak¹ se⁵ wui^6-2 / haak¹ se⁵ wui^6-2
• Southern Min (Teochew, Peng'im): hêg⁴ sia⁶ huê⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: hēishèhuì
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄟ ㄕㄜˋ ㄏㄨㄟˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: heishèhuèi
    • Wade–Giles: hei¹-shê⁴-hui⁴
    • Yale: hēi-shè-hwèi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: heishehhuey
    • Palladius: хэйшэхуэй (xɛjšɛxuej)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xeɪ̯⁵⁵ ʂɤ⁵¹⁻⁵³ xu̯eɪ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: hak¹ se⁵ wui^6-2 / haak¹ se⁵ wui^6-2
    • Yale: hāk séh wúi / hāak séh wúi
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hak⁷ se⁵ wui^6-2 / haak⁷ se⁵ wui^6-2
    • Guangdong Romanization: heg¹ sé⁵ wui^6-2 / hag¹ sé⁵ wui^6-2
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɐk̚⁵ sɛː¹³ wuːi̯²²⁻³⁵/, /haːk̚⁵ sɛː¹³ wuːi̯²²⁻³⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: hêg⁴ sia⁶ huê⁶
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: hek siă huĕ
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hek̚²⁻⁴ sia³⁵⁻¹¹ hue³⁵/

Noun

黑社會

1. the criminal underworld; gang
2. (more specifically) triad (branch of Chinese underground criminal society)

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 犯罪組織 (“mafia; organized crime syndicate”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		犯罪組織
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	黑幫, 黑社會
	Singapore	私會黨
Cantonese	Hong Kong	黑社會
Southern Min	Taipei	烏幫 GT
	Penang (Hokkien)	烏社會
Note	GT - General Taiwanese (no specific region identified)

• (triad): 三合會／三合会 (sānhéhuì)

Derived terms

• 黑社會化 / 黑社会化

 

Descendants

• → Japanese: 黒社会(くろしゃかい) (kuroshakai) (calque)
• → Vietnamese: xã hội đen (calque)