Dictionary🇨🇳 Chinese → 🇺🇸 English
设
shè
Description
"设"这个字常常用来表示"建立"或者"安排"，比如设立一个学校，或者设想一件事情。
The character "设" is often used to mean "establish" or "arrange", such as setting up a school or imagining something.
Meanings
设shè
to set up; to establish
这里要设一个车站。
A station will be set up here.
设shè
to design; to plan
这个房间是他设计的。
This room was designed by him.
设shè
to suppose; to assume
假设明天下雨，我们就不去了。
If it rains tomorrow, we won't go.
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Notes
- Etymology
设 combines 讠(speech) with 殳, originally meaning to arrange or lay out by words.
- Nuance
rarely used alone; usually appears in compounds like 设计, 设备, 建设.
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