HSK 6 · Science

设置 shèzhì “to set up” in Chinese

Traditional 設置

What 设置 means

  1. to set up
  2. to install
  3. settings

How to say 设置

  • 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置zhì4th tone, falling

设置 in a sentence

  1. 我该在这个服务器上设置一个防火墙。

    Wǒ gāi zài zhè ge fúwùqì shàng shèzhì yí ge fánghuǒqiáng.

    I should set up a firewall on this server.

    Sentence #426406 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 设置 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 置 (zhì) with each of its parts in a different colour
置zhìto install
  • 罒net form of 网 · wǎngMeaning part
  • 直straight · zhíSound part

罒 hints at the meaning (net); 直 (zhí) hints at the sound. Compare it with zhì.

How to write 设置

设 6 strokes · 置 13 strokes

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

Words related to 设置

Words with 设

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

Words with 置

位置wèizhi · position安置ānzhì · to find a place for布置bùzhì · to arrange处置chǔzhì · to deal with

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FAQs

设置 (shèzhì) means “to set up” or “to install”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it shèzhì: shè with a 4th tone, then zhì 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, 设置 is written 設置. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type shezhi with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 设置 from the suggestions. Typing shezhi into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
设置 is an HSK 6 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.