HSK 5 · Ideas

假设 jiǎshè “to suppose” in Chinese

Traditional 假設

What 假设 means

  1. to suppose
  2. hypothesis
  3. to presume
  4. to assume
  5. supposing that …
More meanings from CC-CEDICT
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How to say 假设

  • Pitch chart of the third tone: dips low then rises, 2 to 1 to 4 on the five-level scale假jiǎ3rd tone, dipping
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale设shè4th tone, falling

假设 in a sentence

  1. 让我们假设她在这里。

    Ràng wǒmen jiǎshè tā zài zhèlǐ.

    Let’s suppose she’s here.

    Sentence #5549687 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 您的假设是根据什么？

    Nín de jiǎshè shì gēnjù shénme?

    What is your assumption based on?

    Sentence #2110838 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  3. 这是个假设。

    Zhè shì ge jiǎshè.

    That’s an assumption.

    Sentence #11521701 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 假设 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 假 (jià) with each of its parts in a different colour
假jiǎfake
  • 亻person form of 人 · rén
  • 叚false

Memory aidPerson 亻 with 叚 (jiǎ) for the sound: false, fake. Read jià, it means a holiday.

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.

How to write 假设

假 11 strokes · 设 6 strokes

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

Words related to 假设

Words with 假

请假qǐngjià · to ask for time off假期jiàqī · holiday放假fàngjià · to have a holiday休假xiūjià · to take leave假jiǎ · false寒假hánjià · winter holidays放暑假fàngshǔjià · to be on summer holidays假装jiǎzhuāng · to feign假如jiǎrú · if虚假xūjiǎ · false

Words with 设

建设jiànshè · to build设计shèjì · to design设备shèbèi · equipment设施shèshī · facilities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

More words: Ideas & Concepts

规模guīmó · scale核心héxīn · core后果hòuguǒ · consequences话题huàtí · subject (of a talk or conversation)价值jiàzhí · value角度jiǎodù · angle结构jiégòu · structure结论jiélùn · conclusion

FAQs

假设 (jiǎshè) means “to suppose” or “hypothesis”. It is an HSK 5 word.
Say it jiǎshè: jiǎ with a 3rd tone, then shè 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, 假设 is written 假設. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type jiashe with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 假设 from the suggestions. Typing jiashe into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
假设 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.