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shè
HSK 3.0 Level 7

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Definitions

  1. 1. to set up; to put in place
  2. 2. (math.) given; suppose; if

Words Containing 设

设在
shè zài

to set up in (a particular location)

基础设施
jī chǔ shè shī

infrastructure

初设
chū shè

first founded

摆设
bǎi she

ornament

设计师
shè jì shī

designer

设有
shè yǒu

to have

设置
shè zhì

to set up; to install

形同虚设
xíng tóng xū shè

to exist in name only

中国交通建设
zhōng guó jiāo tōng jiàn shè

China Communications Construction Company

安设
ān shè

to install

基础设施即服务
jī chǔ shè shī jí fú wù

(computing) infrastructure as a service (IaaS)

电脑辅助设计与绘图
diàn nǎo fǔ zhù shè jì yǔ huì tú

computer-aided design and drawing

架设
jià shè

to construct

设局
shè jú

to set a trap

网页设计
wǎng yè shè jì

web design

敷设
fū shè

to lay

铺设
pū shè

to lay (railroad tracks, carpet, pipeline)

住房和城乡建设部
zhù fáng hé chéng xiāng jiàn shè bù

Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development of the PRC (MOHURD)

公设
gōng shè

postulate (math.)

环境创设
huán jìng chuàng shè

design of a learning environment for young children, incorporating artwork designed to appeal to them

人设
rén shè

(fig.) (a celebrity or other public figure's) image in the eyes of the public

生产设施
shēng chǎn shè shī

production facility

设计
shè jì

to design; to plan

假设性
jiǎ shè xìng

hypothetical

设备
shè bèi

equipment; facilities; installations

装设
zhuāng shè

to install

分设
fēn shè

to set up separately

军事设施
jūn shì shè shī

military installations

用户端设备
yòng hù duān shè bèi

customer premise equipment

不堪设想
bù kān shè xiǎng

too horrible to contemplate

预设
yù shè

to presuppose

设防
shè fáng

to set up defenses

埋设
mái shè

to install (water pipes, landmines etc) underground

设想
shè xiǎng

to imagine

游戏设备
yóu xì shè bèi

gaming device

设色
shè sè

to paint

西松建设
xī sōng jiàn shè

Nishimatsu Construction Co.

程序设计
chéng xù shè jì

computer programming

设伏
shè fú

to prepare an ambush

普遍性假设
pǔ biàn xìng jiǎ shè

universal hypothesis

平行公设
píng xíng gōng shè

the parallel postulate (geometry)

设计者
shè jì zhě

designer

数字导览设施
shù zì dǎo lǎn shè shī

digital navigation equipment

设定
shè dìng

to set

陈设
chén shè

to display

增设
zēng shè

to add to existing facilities or services

新疆生产建设兵团
xīn jiāng shēng chǎn jiàn shè bīng tuán

Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps, also known as XPCC or Bingtuan (\the Corps\), a state-owned economic and paramilitary organization in China's Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region

输入设备
shū rù shè bèi

input device (computer)

设厂
shè chǎng

to establish a factory

音频设备
yīn pín shè bèi

sound card

常设
cháng shè

(of an organization etc) standing or permanent

移动设备
yí dòng shè bèi

mobile device (smartphone, tablet, etc)

摆设
bǎi shè

to set out

毕设
bì shè

graduation project

传输设备
chuán shū shè bèi

transmission facility

设岗
shè gǎng

to post a sentry

设圈套
shè quān tào

to scam

想方设法
xiǎng fāng shè fǎ

to think up every possible method (idiom); to devise ways and means

创设
chuàng shè

to establish

设计规范
shè jì guī fàn

design norm

网络设备
wǎng luò shè bèi

network equipment

工业设计
gōng yè shè jì

industrial design

天造地设
tiān zào dì shè

lit. made by Heaven and arranged by Earth(idiom)

开设
kāi shè

to offer (goods or services)

设身处地
shè shēn chǔ dì

to put oneself in sb else's shoes

生活设施
shēng huó shè shī

living facilities

音响设备
yīn xiǎng shè bèi

sound equipment

设摊
shè tān

to set up a vendor's stand

出厂设置
chū chǎng shè zhì

(computing) factory settings

外观设计
wài guān shè jì

look

设法
shè fǎ

to try

核设施
hé shè shī

nuclear facility

设得兰群岛
shè dé lán qún dǎo

Shetland Islands

景观设计
jǐng guān shè jì

landscape design

假设语气
jiǎ shè yǔ qì

subjunctive

中国建设银行
zhōng guó jiàn shè yín háng

China Construction Bank

变换设备
biàn huàn shè bèi

converter

设计程序
shè jì chéng xù

design process

计算机辅助设计
jì suàn jī fǔ zhù shè jì

CAD computer-aided design

虚无假设
xū wú jiǎ shè

null hypothesis (statistics)

统假设
tǒng jiǎ shè

hypothesis

电脑辅助设计
diàn nǎo fǔ zhù shè jì

computer-aided design

连续统假设
lián xù tǒng jiǎ shè

(math.) the continuum hypothesis

设宴
shè yàn

to host a banquet

下设
xià shè

(of an organization) to have as a subunit

附设
fù shè

annexed to

初步设想
chū bù shè xiǎng

tentative idea

设若
shè ruò

if

外设
wài shè

peripherals

公共设施
gōng gòng shè shī

public facilities

卫生设备
wèi shēng shè bèi

sanitary equipment

建设性
jiàn shè xìng

constructive

设或
shè huò

if

智能设计
zhì néng shè jì

intelligent design (religion)

假设
jiǎ shè

to suppose

网络设计
wǎng luò shè jì

network design

设立
shè lì

to set up; to establish

特设
tè shè

ad hoc

室内设计
shì nèi shè jì

interior design

发型设计师
fà xíng shè jì shī

hairstylist

建设
jiàn shè

to build; to construct; to establish; to develop; to institute

重设
chóng shè

to reset

设施
shè shī

facilities