HSK 5 · Science

设备 shèbèi “equipment” in Chinese

Traditional 設備

What 设备 means

  1. equipment
  2. facilities
  3. installations

How to say 设备

  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale设shè4th tone, falling
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale备bèi4th tone, falling

设备 in a sentence

  1. 这间医院有很多新设备。

    Zhè jiān yīyuàn yǒu hěn duō xīn shèbèi.

    This hospital has a lot of new equipment.

    Sentence #618209 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters

  2. 这是台旧设备。

    Zhè shì tái jiù shèbèi.

    This is an old piece of equipment.

    Sentence #4757238 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  3. 小心，这个设备很贵的。

    Xiǎoxīn, zhè ge shèbèi hěn guì de.

    Careful – this equipment is very expensive.

    Sentence #12278583 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

How 设备 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 设 (shè) with each of its parts in a different colour
设shèto set up; to put in place
  • 讠speech form of 言 · yánMeaning part
  • 殳weapon · shūSound part

讠 hints at the meaning (speech); 殳 (shū) hints at the sound. Compare it with shè.

The character 备 (bèi) with each of its parts in a different colour
备bèito prepare; to equip
  • 夂go · zhǐ
  • 田field · tián

How to write 设备

设 6 strokes · 备 8 strokes

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设备 (shèbèi) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 设备 (shèbèi). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 设备

Words with 设

建设jiànshè · to build设计shèjì · to design设施shèshī · facilities假设jiǎshè · to suppose设想shèxiǎng · to imagine设立shèlì · to set up设置shèzhì · to set up想方设法xiǎngfāngshèfǎ · to try every possible way

Words with 备

准备zhǔnbèi · to prepare责备zébèi · to blame具备jùbèi · to possess戒备jièbèi · to guard against配备pèibèi · to equip完备wánbèi · complete筹备chóubèi · to prepare储备chǔbèi · reserves备份bèifèn · to back up装备zhuāngbèi · equipment

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录音lùyīn · to record (sound)麦克风màikèfēng · microphone (loanword)软件ruǎnjiàn · (computer) software删除shānchú · to delete设施shèshī · facilities实验shíyàn · experiment输入shūrù · to input鼠标shǔbiāo · mouse (computing)

FAQs

设备 (shèbèi) means “equipment” or “facilities”. It is an HSK 5 word.
Say it shèbèi: shè with a 4th tone, then bèi with a 4th tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
In Traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, 设备 is written 設備. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type shebei with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 设备 from the suggestions. Typing shebei into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
设备 is an HSK 5 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.