设置
HSK 4 (2021)Old HSK 6
设置 (shèzhì) · to set up
设置 (shèzhì) means “to set up; to set (a setting)”. It is written with 2 characters: 设 (to build) + 置 (to lay out). It is an HSK 4 word in the 2021 standard.
How 设置 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)
置 zhì · to lay out
What 置 is made of
- 罒wǎng — net
- 口kǒu — mouth
- 冂 — frame
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 口kǒu — mouth
- 直zhí — straight
- 十 — ten
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 丨 — vertical stroke
- 目mù — eye
- 口kǒu — mouth
- 二 — two strokes
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 十 — ten
Origin hint: 罒 gives the meaning, 直 gives the sound. (from the Make Me a Hanzi dataset; treat as a memory aid where history is uncertain)
Example sentences
你可以在手机上设置闹钟。Nǐ kěyǐ zài shǒujī shàng shèzhì nàozhōng.You can set an alarm on your phone.
怎么设置密码？Zěnme shèzhì mìmǎ?How do I set a password?
Questions about 设置
What does 设置 mean?
设置 (shèzhì) means “to set up; to set (a setting)”.
How do you pronounce 设置?
设置 is pronounced shèzhì.
Which HSK level is 设置?
设置 is in HSK 4 (2021) and Old HSK 6.
Related words
- 建设jiànshèto build
- 设备shèbèiequipment
- 设计shèjìto design
- 设立shèlìto set up
- 设施shèshīfacilities
- 假设jiǎshèto suppose
- 设想shèxiǎngto imagine
- 想方设法xiǎngfāngshèfǎto try every possible means
- 安置ānzhìto place
- 布置bùzhìto decorate
Learn 设置 with its group
It is part of HSK 4 (2021) · Group 26: a short group with quick checks and spaced repeats.