烏社會

Chinese

		a crow; black; not a crow; black; not; empty; void	society; community; class
trad. (烏社會)		烏	社會
simp. (乌社会)		乌	社会

Pronunciation

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): o͘-siā-hōe

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• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: o͘-siā-hōe
    • Tâi-lô: oo-siā-huē
    • Phofsit Daibuun: osiaxhoe
    • IPA (Taipei): /ɔ⁴⁴⁻³³ sia³³⁻¹¹ hue³³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɔ⁴⁴⁻³³ sia³³⁻²¹ hue³³/

Noun

烏社會 (Southern Min)

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

Synonyms

• 黑社會／黑社会 (hēishèhuì)
• (triad): 三合會／三合会 (sānhéhuì)