设备

设备 shèbèi

Equipment (facilities - installations)

设备 in a sentence HSK 5 繁體設備 shebei

What 设备 means

Equipment (facilities - installations)

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Character by character

设备 is written with 2 characters. Chinese words are usually easier to remember once you can see what each part contributes.

设

shè

Set up (establish - found - arrange - display)

备

bèi

Prepare (provide)

Words that share a character with 设备

How to write 设备

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设备 in a sentence

这里的设备很先进。

Zhèlǐ de shèbèi hěn xiānjìn.

The equipment here is advanced.

实验室买了新设备。

Shíyànshì mǎi le xīn shèbèi.

The laboratory bought new equipment.

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Questions about 设备

What does 设备 mean in English?

设备 is pronounced shèbèi and means Equipment (facilities - installations).

How do you pronounce 设备?

设备 is shèbèi in pinyin — written shebei without tone marks. Press the audio button on this page to hear it spoken by a native voice.

What are the characters in 设备?

设备 is written with 2 characters: 设 (shè) Set up (establish - found - arrange - display), 备 (bèi) Prepare (provide). Knowing the parts is usually how the whole word becomes memorable.

How is 设备 written in traditional Chinese?

設備. The simplified form 设备 is used in mainland China and Singapore; 設備 is used in Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macau. Both are pronounced shèbèi.

Is 设备 an HSK word?

Yes — 设备 is on the official HSK 5 vocabulary list. You can study it with the rest of that list on the HSK 5 page.

Studied around the same time

商业 shāngyè 上当 shàngdàng 蛇 shé 舍不得 shěbude 设计 shèjì 设施 shèshī 射击 shèjī 摄影 shèyǐng

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