设在 (shè zài) — to be located at; to be established in (a place)

Definition

verb

to be located atto be established in (a place)

Easily confused

设在。
Zǒng gōng sī shè zài běi jīng.
The head office is located in Beijing.
设在。
Bàn shì chù shè zài èr lóu.
The office is set up on the second floor.
设在。
Shí yàn shì shè zài dà xué lǐ.
The laboratory is located within the university.

Characters in this word

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

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.

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

The early form of 在 used 才 for its sound; a second sound part 士 was added later, and that 士 became the 土 seen in 在.