設使

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Chinese

to set up; to arrange; to establish
to set up; to arrange; to establish; to found; to display
 
to make; to cause; to enable
to make; to cause; to enable; to use; to employ; messenger
 
trad. (設使) 設 使
simp. (设使) 设 使

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 設 使
Reading # 1/1 1/2
Initial (聲) 書 (26) 生 (21)
Final (韻) 薛 (81) 之 (19)
Tone (調) Checked (Ø) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division (等) III III
Fanqie 識列切 踈士切
Baxter syet sriX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/ɕiᴇt̚/ /ʃɨX/
Pan
Wuyun 		/ɕiɛt̚/ /ʃɨX/
Shao
Rongfen 		/ɕjæt̚/ /ʃieX/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/ɕiat̚/ /ʂɨX/
Li
Rong 		/ɕiɛt̚/ /ʃiəX/
Wang
Li 		/ɕĭɛt̚/ /ʃĭəX/
Bernhard
Karlgren 		/ɕi̯ɛt̚/ /ʂiX/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		she shǐ
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		sit3 si2
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 設 使
Reading # 1/1 1/2
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin) 		shè shǐ
Middle
Chinese 		‹ syet › ‹ sriX ›
Old
Chinese 		/*ŋ̊et/ /*s-rəʔ/
English set up send; cause

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. * as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 設 使
Reading # 1/1 1/2
No. 11231 11488
Phonetic
component 		設 史
Rime
group 		月 之
Rime
subdivision 		2 0
Corresponding
MC rime 		設 史
Old
Chinese 		/*hljed/ /*srɯʔ/

Conjunction

設使

  1. (literary or Southern Min) if; supposing

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 如果 (“if”)
Variety Location Words
Classical Chinese 若, 假, 如, 使, 令, 苟, 向, 向使, 向令, 假令, 假使, 誠, 誠使, 倘, 儻, 當使
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 若, 如, 如果, 若果, 果若, 假如, 假若, 假使, 假設, 倘若, 倘或, 倘然, 倘使, 若是, 若然, 設若, 設使, 設令, 設或, 設
Northeastern Mandarin Beijing 要是, 要
Taiwan 要是, 要, 如果
Malaysia 如果
Singapore 如果
Jilu Mandarin Jinan 要是
Central Plains Mandarin Xi'an 要是
Southwestern Mandarin Chengdu 要是, 假比
Wuhan 要是
Jianghuai Mandarin Yangzhou 要是, 要, 假使
Hefei 要是, 倘此, 倘倘
Cantonese Guangzhou 如果, 若果, 若然, 假使間
Hong Kong 如果, 若果, 若然, 若然之, 假使, 假使間, 假如
Macau 假如
Taishan 如果, 假使
Yangjiang 設若
Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) 如果
Singapore (Guangfu) 如果
Gan Nanchang 要是, 若是
Lichuan 假使
Hakka Meixian 係話, 若係, 如果
Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua) 若果, 係講, 係話
Miaoli (N. Sixian) 係講, 若係, 假使
Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) 係講, 係準, 係準講, 準講, 準假, 係若, 若係, 假使, 假詐
Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) 係講, 若係, 假使
Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) 準講, 可比, 假使, 係講, 若係, 若係講, 準若講
Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) 係講, 若係, 假使
Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) 若係講, 假使, 若講, 係講, 若係
Kuching (Hepo) 假使
Jin Taiyuan 要是
Northern Min Jian'ou 來是, 如果
Pucheng (Shibei) 來是, 如果
Eastern Min Fuzhou 儷是, 若還
Southern Min Xiamen 設使, 若是, 若, 若欲是, 假若, 假若是, 欲, 欲是, 甲若, 甲若是
Quanzhou 設使, 若是, 若, 若欲是, 假若, 假若是, 欲, 欲是
Zhangzhou 設使, 若是, 若, 假若, 假若是, 欲, 欲是, 甲若, 甲若是
Tainan 若是, 若準, 若, 假使, 設使
Penang (Hokkien) 若是, 若準
Singapore (Hokkien) 若是
Manila (Hokkien) 若是, 若, 假使
Chaozhou 若是
Shantou 如果
Jieyang 若, 若是
Singapore (Teochew) 若是
Wenchang 但見, 欲
Haikou 麼是, 設如, 設使
Wu Shanghai 要是, 如果, 假使, 倘然, 倘使, 是得
Suzhou 要, 如果
Wenzhou 若是, 若
Xiang Changsha 要是
Shuangfeng 要是, 要此

Korean

Hanja in this term
設使

Adverb

設使 • (seolsa) (hangeul 설사)

  1. hanja form? of 설사 (“even if”)
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