设 shè
- Strokes
- 6
- Radical
- 讠 — words, speech
- Made of
- 讠 words, speech 殳 tool, weapon
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
设备
shèbèi
equipment
Characters in this word
备 bèi
- Strokes
- 8
- Radical
- 夂 — to go
- Made of
- 夂 to go 田 field, farm, arable land
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
Example phrases
- 设备坏了。 Shèbèi huài le. The equipment is broken.
- 设备很新。 Shèbèi hěn xīn. The equipment is very new.
- 这些设备好。 Zhèxiē shèbèi hǎo. This equipment is good.
Related words
- 建设 jiànshè to build; construction
- 设计 shèjì design
- 设立 shèlì to set up
- 设施 shèshī facilities; equipment
- 设置 shèzhì to set up; settings
- 设想 shèxiǎng idea; to imagine
- 准备 zhǔnbèi to prepare; to plan to
- 具备 jùbèi to have; to be equipped with
- 配备 pèibèi to equip
- 预备 yùbèi to prepare
- 功能 gōngnéng function
- 收音机 shōuyīnjī radio