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
shè
to set up; to establish; to suppose
Character
Example phrases
- 委员会在报告中设了三个前提，以便比较不同方案。 Wěiyuánhuì zài bàogào zhōng shè le sān gè qiántí, yǐbiàn bǐjiào bùtóng fāng'àn. The committee set three premises in the report in order to compare different proposals.
- 学校在教学楼里设了两间自习室。 Xuéxiào zài jiàoxuélóu lǐ shè le liǎng jiān zìxíshì. The school set up two self-study rooms in the teaching building.
- 不妨设这个数为十，然后继续推算。 Bùfáng shè zhège shù wéi shí, ránhòu jìxù tuīsuàn. You may as well suppose this number is ten and continue calculating.
Related words
- 建设 jiànshè to build; construction
- 设备 shèbèi equipment
- 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
- 假设 jiǎshè to suppose; hypothesis
- 开设 kāishè to open a business or course
- 摆设 bǎishe decoration; furnishing; mere ornament
- 设定 shèdìng to set; to establish
- 设法 shèfǎ to try to find a way