内设 (nèi shè) — to have (something) installed inside; to be equipped with (a facility or feature)

Definition

verb
to have (something) installed insideto be equipped with (a facility or feature)

Examples

  • 内设。
    Zhè jiā jiǔ diàn nèi shè yóu yǒng chí hé jiàn shēn fáng.
    This hotel has a swimming pool and a gym.
  • 内设。
    Xīn tú shū guǎn nèi shè zì xí shì hé diàn zǐ yuè lǎn shì.
    The new library has study rooms and an electronic reading room.
  • 内设，。
    Zhè jiā cān tīng nèi shè bāo jiān, shì hé jiā tíng jù cān.
    This restaurant has private rooms, suitable for family gatherings.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
偏正piānzhèngModifier + head

The first part narrows down the second: it says what kind of thing the head is.

内nèiinside
设shèset up

内 marks inside, 设 marks setting up, so it means equipped within.

Characters in this word

Two or more meaningful parts placed together so that their meanings combine into a new one.

  • 入入rùto enter
  • 冂冂jiōnghouse

The shape shows 入 entering into 冂, a house, so it pictures bringing something indoors, giving the sense inside.

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Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 設; 设 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
言言yán
Sound part声符shēngfú
埶
埶yì設shè
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The traditional form 設 uses 言 (speech) to show the meaning and 埶 to give the sound; this explanation is for 設, not the simplified 设.

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