HSK 5 · Work

设计 shèjì “to design” in Chinese

Traditional 設計

What 设计 means

  1. to design
  2. to plan

How to say 设计

  • 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计jì4th tone, falling

设计 in a sentence

  1. 这张书桌是专门为儿童设计的。

    Zhè zhāng shūzhuō shì zhuānmén wèi értóng shèjì de.

    This desk is designed specially for children.

    Sentence #874488 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

  2. 关于网站的新设计，我们乐于接受任何建议。

    Guānyú wǎngzhàn de xīn shèjì, wǒmen lèyú jiēshòu rènhé jiànyì.

    We are open to all suggestions regarding the new design of the website.

    Sentence #2915545 from Tatoeba

  3. 他设计了新建筑。

    Tā shèjì le xīn jiànzhù.

    He designed the new building.

    Sentence #6148212 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters

How 设计 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 计 (jì) with each of its parts in a different colour
计jìto calculate
  • 讠speech form of 言 · yánMeaning part
  • 十ten · shíSound part

讠 hints at the meaning (speech); 十 (shí) hints at the sound. Compare it with jì.

How to write 设计

设 6 strokes · 计 4 strokes

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

Words related to 设计

Words with 设

建设jiànshè · to build设备shèbèi · equipment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 计

计划jìhuà · plan估计gūjì · to estimate计算jìsuàn · to count会计kuàijì · accountant计较jìjiào · to fuss over共计gòngjì · to total统计tǒngjì · statistics千方百计qiānfāngbǎijì · by every possible means

More words: Work & Career

人事rénshì · personnel人员rényuán · staff日程rìchéng · schedule商业shāngyè · business失业shīyè · unemployment实习shíxí · to do an internship收据shōujù · receipt退休tuìxiū · to retire (from the workforce)

FAQs

设计 (shèjì) means “to design” or “to plan”. It is an HSK 5 word.
Say it shèjì: shè with a 4th tone, then jì 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, 设计 is written 設計. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type sheji with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 设计 from the suggestions. Typing sheji into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
设计 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.