HSK 5 · Science

设施 shèshī “facilities” in Chinese

Traditional 設施

What 设施 means

  1. facilities
  2. installation

How to say 设施

  • 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 first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale施shī1st tone, high and level

设施 in a sentence

  1. 小区安全吗？夜晚有照明设施吗？

    Xiǎoqū ānquán ma? Yèwǎn yǒu zhàomíng shèshī ma?

    Is the neighbourhood safe? Is there lighting at night?

    Sentence #420390 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 这套房子设施便利齐全。

    Zhè tào fángzi shèshī biànlì qíquán.

    The house is well equipped with every convenience.

    Sentence #10019601 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 设施 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 施 (shī) with each of its parts in a different colour
施shīto put into effect
  • 方square · fāng
  • 㐌a tribe of savages in South China · tā

How to write 设施

设 6 strokes · 施 9 strokes

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

Words related to 设施

Words with 设

建设jiànshè · to build设计shèjì · to design设备shèbèi · equipment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 施

措施cuòshī · measure施加shījiā · to exert实施shíshī · to implement施展shīzhǎn · to make full use of

More words: Science & Technology

麦克风màikèfēng · microphone (loanword)软件ruǎnjiàn · (computer) software删除shānchú · to delete设备shèbèi · equipment实验shíyàn · experiment输入shūrù · to input鼠标shǔbiāo · mouse (computing)数据shùjù · data

FAQs

设施 (shèshī) means “facilities” or “installation”. It is an HSK 5 word.
Say it shèshī: shè with a 4th tone, then shī with a 1st 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, 设施 is written 設施. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type sheshi with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 设施 from the suggestions. Typing sheshi into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
设施 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.