设 shè in a sentence
Set up (establish - found - arrange - display)
设 (shè) means Set up (establish - found - arrange - display). Below are 24 of the 51 sentences on this site that use it — with pinyin, an English translation and audio. All of them were written by hand; none is machine generated.
Dictionary examples
请爱护公共 设 施。
Qǐng àihù gōnggòng shèshī.
Please take care of public facilities.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 设施
城市建 设 越来越好。
Chéngshì jiànshè yuè lái yuè hǎo.
The city's construction keeps improving.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 建设
这个 设 计非常巧妙。
Zhège shèjì fēicháng qiǎomiào.
This design is extremely ingenious.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 巧妙
这里的 设 备很先进。
Zhèlǐ de shèbèi hěn xiānjìn.
The equipment here is advanced.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 设备
实验室买了新 设 备。
Shíyànshì mǎi le xīn shèbèi.
The laboratory bought new equipment.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 设备
封面的 设 计很漂亮。
Fēngmiàn de shèjì hěn piàoliang.
The cover design is beautiful.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 设计
小区的 设 施很齐全。
Xiǎoqū de shèshī hěn qíquán.
The residential compound has complete facilities.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 设施
这些 设 备该更新了。
Zhèxiē shèbèi gāi gēngxīn le.
This equipment is due for replacement.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 更新
他学的是平面 设 计。
Tā xué de shì píngmiàn shèjì.
He studied graphic design.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 平面
路口 设 置了红绿灯。
Lùkǒu shèzhì le hónglǜdēng.
Traffic lights have been installed at the junction.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 设置
设 备需要定期维护。
Shèbèi xūyào dìngqī wéihù.
The equipment needs regular maintenance.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 维护
这种 设 备便于携带。
Zhè zhǒng shèbèi biànyú xiédài.
This equipment is easy to carry.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 携带
这个 设 计非常新颖。
Zhège shèjì fēicháng xīnyǐng.
This design is highly original.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 新颖
我们先假 设 这是真的。
Wǒmen xiān jiǎshè zhè shì zhēn de.
Let us first suppose this is true.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 假设
这个假 设 还需要证明。
Zhège jiǎshè hái xūyào zhèngmíng.
This hypothesis still needs proving.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 假设
制度 设 计要考虑人性。
Zhìdù shèjì yào kǎolǜ rénxìng.
System design must take human nature into account.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 人性
请在手机里 设 置提醒。
Qǐng zài shǒujī lǐ shèzhì tíxǐng.
Please set a reminder on your phone.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 设置
请不要损坏公共 设 施。
Qǐng bú yào sǔnhuài gōnggòng shèshī.
Please do not damage public facilities.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 损坏
这次比赛 设 有团体奖。
Zhè cì bǐsài shè yǒu tuántǐ jiǎng.
This competition has a team prize.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 团体
学校的 设 施非常完备。
Xuéxiào de shèshī fēicháng wánbèi.
The school's facilities are very complete.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 完备
猎人在林中 设 了陷阱。
Lièrén zài lín zhōng shè le xiànjǐng.
The hunter set a trap in the wood.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 陷阱
这批 设 备是租赁来的。
Zhè pī shèbèi shì zūlìn lái de.
This equipment is leased.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 租赁
我们应该爱护公共 设 施。
Wǒmen yīnggāi àihù gōnggòng shèshī.
We should take good care of public facilities.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 爱护
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设 appears in 51 sentences on this site; the 24 shortest and most direct are shown. The rest are on the pages they were written for — the graded readers, the phrasebook and the grammar library.
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How is 设 used in a sentence?
This page shows 51 sentences using 设 (shè, "Set up (establish - found - arrange - display)"), each with pinyin, an English translation and audio. Every one of them was written by hand for this site.
Are these sentences machine generated?
No. They come from the site's own dictionary examples, graded readers, travel phrasebook and grammar library — all written by a person. A word with no sentence gets no page here, rather than a page of invented ones.
Why do some sentences show 设 inside a longer word?
Because that is where a single character usually lives. Seeing 设 inside the words it builds is how the character stops being an isolated symbol and starts being something you can read.
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