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社工

Mandarin · pinyin shè gōng

social work
social worker
(cybersecurity) social engineering (abbr. for 社會工程學 shè huì gōng chéng xué)

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社: shè · god of the soil and altars to him; group of families; company, society
工: gōng · labor, work; worker, laborer

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4–1 · she4 gong1

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se5 gung1

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noun

(abbreviation, alt-of) short for 社會工作／社会工作 (shèhuì gōngzuò, “social work”)
(abbreviation, alt-of) short for 社會工作者／社会工作者 (shèhuì gōngzuòzhě, “social worker”)
(abbreviation, alt-of) short for 社會工程／社会工程 (shèhuì gōngchéng) or 社會工程學／社会工程学 (shèhuì gōngchéngxué, “social engineering”).

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