设备
HSK 3 (2021)Old HSK 5
设备 (shèbèi) · equipment
设备 (shèbèi) means “equipment; facilities”. It is written with 2 characters: 设 (to build) + 备 (to prepare). It is an HSK 3 word in the 2021 standard.
How 设备 is built
The characters
设 shè · to build
What 设 is made of
- 讠yán — speech
- 殳shū — tool
- 几jǐ — small table
- 丿 — falling stroke
- 乙yǐ — second
- 又yòu — and
- 几jǐ — small table
Origin hint: 讠 gives the meaning, 殳 gives the sound. (from the Make Me a Hanzi dataset; treat as a memory aid where history is uncertain)
备 bèi · to prepare
What 备 is made of
- 夂zhǐ — to go
- 丿 — falling stroke
- 又yòu — and
- 田tián — field
- 冂 — frame
- 丨 — vertical stroke
- 土tǔ — earth
- 十 — ten
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 冂 — frame
Origin hint: To go 夂 to the farm 田 to prepare for a harvest (from the Make Me a Hanzi dataset; treat as a memory aid where history is uncertain)
Example sentences
这个医院的设备很新。Zhège yīyuàn de shèbèi hěn xīn.This hospital's equipment is very new.
实验室需要什么设备？Shíyànshì xūyào shénme shèbèi?What equipment does the lab need?
Questions about 设备
What does 设备 mean?
设备 (shèbèi) means “equipment; facilities”.
How do you pronounce 设备?
设备 is pronounced shèbèi.
Which HSK level is 设备?
设备 is in HSK 3 (2021) and Old HSK 5.
Related words
- 建设jiànshèto build
- 设计shèjìto design
- 设立shèlìto set up
- 设施shèshīfacilities
- 设置shèzhìto set up
- 假设jiǎshèto suppose
- 设想shèxiǎngto imagine
- 想方设法xiǎngfāngshèfǎto try every possible means
- 准备zhǔnbèito prepare
- 具备jùbèito have
Learn 设备 with its group
It is part of HSK 3 (2021) · Group 31: a short group with quick checks and spaced repeats.