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設
简 设 · 繁 設Mandarin · pinyin shè
Meanings
- to set up; to put in place
- (math.) given; suppose; if
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Rime Cantonese 粵拼
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- to put; to place; to lay
- to arrange for; to help settle down; to find a place for
- to found; to set up; to establish
- to plan and prepare
- to assume; to suppose; to presume
- (formal) if; in case; supposing
- (Mainland China Hokkien) to cheat; to make fun of; to deceive
- (Taiwanese Hokkien) to set a trap on; to ensnare (someone to be fooled)
- (dated) Seth (son of Adam)
- (historical) shad (state office in the early Central and East Asian Turkic states, roughly equivalent to governor)
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