设有 (shè yǒu) — to have (as a facility or feature); to be equipped with; to set up

Definition

Formal written verb meaning a facility, department, or clause is 'established / built in' as part of a larger whole (a campus has a library; a law has a provision). Typical of official and institutional text, not daily speech.

verb
to have (as a facility or feature)to be equipped withto set up
Easily confused

Examples

  • 设有。
    Zhè suǒ dà xué shè yǒu tú shū guǎn hé tǐ yù guǎn.
    This university has a library and a gymnasium.
  • 设有。
    Gōng sī zhuān mén shè yǒu yí gè kè fú bù mén chǔ lǐ tóu sù.
    The company has set up a dedicated customer service department to handle complaints.
  • 设有，。
    Fǎ lǜ shè yǒu míng què guī dìng, jìn zhǐ cǐ lèi xíng wéi.
    The law has clear provisions prohibiting such conduct.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
联合liánhéSide by side

Two parts of equal weight, alike or opposite in meaning, standing side by side.

设shèset up
有yǒuhave

设有 pairs 设 'set up' and 有 'have' to mean have something established.

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

Meaning part形符xíngfú
肉肉ròumeat
Sound part声符shēngfú
又
又yòu有yǒu
Same sound today

The form 有 combines 又, used for its sound, with a shape from 肉, 'meat'; the hand-holding-meat story is a folk explanation, not shown in the oldest shape.

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