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设 shè Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
shè | she4
English translation
to set up
to arrange
to establish
to found
to display
to build, to design; to establish; to offer

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About 设 shè

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Number of strokes

6

Traditional form

設 shè

Contains the radical

讠 yán

Part of speech

Verb / 动词 dòng cí Dòngcí

Learning hint

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Etymology of 设 shè

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

⿰讠殳

Semantic compound

讠 yán

Phonetic compound

殳 shū

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. 讠 yán represents the meaning and 殳 shū represents the sound. Simplified form of 設 shè .

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Example sentences using 设 shè

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谁 shuí 都 dōu 知道 zhīdào 破坏 pòhuài 容易 róngyì 建设 jiànshè 难 nán .

It is proverbially easier to destroy than to construct.

我们 wǒmen 开设 kāi shè 会计 kuàijì 课 kè ,作为 zuòwéi 副 fù 修 Xiū 课程 kèchéng .

We offer accounting as a subsidiary course.

我们 wǒmen 设法 shè fǎ 争取 zhēngqǔ 到 dào 了 le 五十 wǔ shí 名 míng 观众 guānzhòng .

We managed to scrape an audience of fifty people.

对于 duìyú 本 běn 教材 jiàocái 中较难 nán 的 de 设计 shèjì 问 wèn 题 Tí 用 yòng 黑体 hēi tǐ 字 zì 题 Tí 号 háo 来 lái 标志 biāozhì .

Design problems, which represent challenging applications of the text material, are identified by boldface problem numbers.

市 shì 议会 yì huì 宣布 xuānbù 反对 fǎnduì 铺设 pū shè 这条新 Xīn 路 Lù .

The city council has declared against building the new road.

Words with 设 shè

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
设计 shèjì plan設計
建设 jiànshè to build建設
设备 shèbèi equipment設備
假设 jiǎshè to suppose假設
设 shè to set up設 shè
设计师 shè jì shī designer設計師
设施 shèshī facilities設施
设置 shèzhì to set up設置
设立 shèlì to set up設立
设法 shè fǎ to try設法
设定 shè dìng to set設定
设想 shèxiǎng to imagine設想
开设 kāi shè to offer (goods or services)開設
想方设法 xiǎngfāngshèfǎ to try this, that and the other想方設法
摆设 bǎi shè to arrange擺設
建设性 jiàn shè xìng constructive建設性
铺设 pū shè to install (wiring, cable)鋪設
设计者 shè jì zhě designer設計者
增设 zēng shè to add to existing facilities or services增設
不堪设想 bù kān shè xiǎng unthinkable不堪設想
设防 shè fáng to fortify設防
设身处地 shè shēn chǔ dì to put oneself in sb else's shoes設身處地
架设 jià shè to construct架設
天造地设 tiān zào dì shè ideal天造地設

设 shè Decomposition & Compounds

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设 shè Decomposition

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