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设置

shè zhì

Old HSK 6 HSK 3.0 level 5 2-character word Traditional 設置

设置 (shè zhì) means "to set up; to install". It is an HSK 3.0 level 5 word, and was HSK 6 in the old six-level list.

What 设置 means

1. to set up; to install

The characters in 设置

• 设shèto set up; to put in place; (math) given; suppose; if
• 置zhìto install; to place; to put

Example sentences

• 我该在这个服务器上设置一个防火墙。
  Wǒ gāi zài zhège fúwùqì shàng shèzhì yī gè fánghuǒqiáng.
  I need to configure this server with an appropriate firewall system.
• 大部分程序员讨厌调试，设置故障比纠正它们有意思多了。
  Dàbùfen chéngxùyuán tǎoyàn tiáoshì, shèzhì gùzhàng bǐ jiūzhèng tāmen yǒuyìsi duō le.
  Most developers hate debugging; it's more fun to create bugs than to correct them.
• 在学校上课期间会设置过马路警察以引导小孩安全地穿过繁忙的街道。
  Zài xuéxiào shàngkè qījiān huì shèzhì guòmǎlù jǐngchá yǐ yǐndǎo xiǎohái ānquán de chuānguò fánmáng de jiēdào.
  Crossing guards are posted during school hours to guide children safely across busy streets.

Words containing 设置

• 出厂设置chū chǎng shè zhì(computing) factory settings

Sounds the same

Read shè zhì, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 摄制to produce (a TV show etc)

Where 设置 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of HSK 6 Vocabulary · shàn–shè (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 shè zhì correctly.
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