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设施 (shè shī) — facilities; installation

Definition

设施 (shèshī) refers to fixed public buildings and systems serving a place (parks, hospitals, neighborhoods) — broader than 设备, which is the equipment inside them.

noun
facilitiesinstallation
Measure word · 个

Examples

  • 设施。
    Zhè ge gōng yuán de shè shī hěn qí quán.
    The facilities in this park are very complete.
  • 设施。
    Yī yuàn xū yào gēng xīn yī liáo shè shī.
    The hospital needs to update its medical facilities.
  • 设施。
    Xiǎo qū de shè shī fāng biàn le jū mín de shēng huó.
    The facilities in the neighborhood make residents' lives more convenient.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
联合liánhéCoordinate

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

设shèset up
施shīapply

设 “set up” and 施 “apply” combine to name things established for use.

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
㫃㫃㫃
Sound part声符shēngfú
也
也yě施shī
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

施 pairs 㫃, the part connected to its meaning, with 也, the part giving its sound.

Open 施 →
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HSK 3.0 Level 5HSK 2.0 Level 5Public Facilities

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