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假设

jiǎ shè

Old HSK 6 HSK 3.0 level 6 2-character word Traditional 假設

假设 (jiǎ shè) means "to suppose". It is an HSK 3.0 level 6 word, and was HSK 6 in the old six-level list.

What 假设 means

1. to suppose
2. to presume
3. to assume
4. supposing that ...
5. if
6. hypothesis
7. conjecture

The characters in 假设

• 假jiǎfake; false; artificial
• 设shèto set up; to put in place; (math) given; suppose; if

Example sentences

• 假设得很大。
  That's a pretty big assumption.
• 这是个假设。
  That's an assumption.
• 这只是个假设。
  This is just a hypothesis.
• 她假设他是无辜的。
  Tā jiǎshè tā shì wúgū de.
  She presumes him to be innocent.
• 让我们假设她在这里。
  Ràng wǒmen jiǎshè tā zài zhèli.
  Let us suppose she is here.
• 您的假设是根据什么?
  Nín de jiǎshè shì gēnjù shénme?
  What is the basis of your assumptions?

Words starting with 假设

• 假设性jiǎ shè xìnghypothetical
• 假设语气jiǎ shè yǔ qìsubjunctive

Words containing 假设

• 连续统假设lián xù tǒng jiǎ shè(math) the continuum hypothesis
• 普遍性假设pǔ biàn xìng jiǎ shèuniversal hypothesis
• 虚无假设xū wú jiǎ shènull hypothesis (statistics)

Where 假设 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of HSK 6 Vocabulary · jiā (HSK 6), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

Go deeper

• Every HSK 6 word, with the rest of its level.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read jiǎ shè correctly.
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