和諧

See also: 和谐

Chinese

		mix together; peace; harmony mix together; peace; harmony; and; with; union; cap (a poem); respond in singing; soft; warm	harmonious
trad. (和諧)		和	諧
simp. (和谐)		和	谐
anagram		諧和／谐和

Etymology

The slang sense of “censor” is related to the concept of a Harmonious Society, a signature ideology of Hu Jintao often cited as the rationale for censorship.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): héxié

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄜˊ ㄒㄧㄝˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): wo⁴ haai⁴
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): fò-hài
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hô-hâi

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: héxié
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄜˊ ㄒㄧㄝˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: hésié
    • Wade–Giles: ho²-hsieh²
    • Yale: hé-syé
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hershye
    • Palladius: хэсе (xɛse)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xɤ³⁵ ɕi̯ɛ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: wo⁴ haai⁴
    • Yale: wòh hàaih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: wo⁴ haai⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: wo⁴ hai⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wɔː²¹ haːi̯²¹/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: fò-hài
    • Hakka Romanization System: fo^ˇ hai^ˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: fo² hai²
    • Sinological IPA: /fo¹¹ hai̯¹¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hô-hâi
    • Tâi-lô: hô-hâi
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hoi'haai
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ho²⁴⁻²² hai²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ho²⁴⁻²² hai²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ho¹³⁻²² hai¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /ho²⁴⁻¹¹ hai²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /hɤ²³⁻³³ hai²³/

Adjective

和諧

1. harmonious; peaceful; conflict-free

   構建和諧家園／构建和谐家园  ―  gòujiàn héxié jiāyuán  ―  to build a harmonious home

Synonyms

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• 協調 / 协调 (xiétiáo)
• 和協 / 和协 (Hokkien)
• 和好 (héhǎo)
• 和平 (hépíng)
• 和氣 / 和气
• 和洽 (héqià)
• 和睦 (hémù)
• 和美 (héměi)
• 團結 / 团结 (tuánjié)
• 平和
• 緝穆 / 缉穆 (qìmù) (literary)
• 融和 (rónghé)
• 融洽 (róngqià)
• 親睦 / 亲睦 (qīnmù)
• 調和 / 调和 (tiáohé)
• 調諧 / 调谐 (tiáoxié)
• 諧和 / 谐和 (xiéhé)
• 輯睦 / 辑睦 (jímù) (literary)
• 雝雝 / 雍雍 (yōngyōng) (literary)
• 順 / 顺 (shùn) (literary, or in compounds)

 

Derived terms

• 和諧世界 / 和谐世界
• 和諧圈 / 和谐圈
• 和諧文化 / 和谐文化
• 和諧社會 / 和谐社会 (Héxié Shèhuì)
• 琴瑟和諧 / 琴瑟和谐
• 魚水和諧 / 鱼水和谐

 

Verb

和諧

1. to harmonise; to bring together; to ensure the safety of

   食品安全，和諧萬家。 [MSC, trad.]
   食品安全，和谐万家。 [MSC, simp.]

   Shípǐn ānquán, héxié wànjiā. [Pinyin]

   Safe food, safe community.

2. (slang, often of the Communist Party of China, humorous) to censor; to enforce censorship

   Synonym: 河蟹 (héxiè)

   被和諧／被和谐  ―  bèi héxié  ―  to be censored

   • LOL衍生卡牌遊戲LOR因為國服要過審的緣故，原畫慘被和諧 [MSC, trad.]
     LOL衍生卡牌游戏LOR因为国服要过审的缘故，原画惨被和谐 [MSC, simp.]

     From: 2020 September, 霍文博 (Huo Wenbo), 《“热门·电竞”微博语篇研究》 [Research on “Hot · E-sports” Micro-blog Text] (PhD), Changchun: Jilin University, page 83

     LOL yǎnshēng kǎpái yóuxì LOR yīnwèi guófú yào guòshěn de yuángù, yuánhuà cǎn bèi héxié [Pinyin]

     (please add an English translation of this usage example)

Synonyms

• (to harmonise): 配合 (pèihé), 協調／协调 (xiétiáo)
• (to censor): 審查／审查 (shěnchá)