陳設

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Chinese

		arrange; exhibit; narrate arrange; exhibit; narrate; tell; old; stale; state; display; explain; surname	to set up; to arrange; to establish to set up; to arrange; to establish; to found; to display
trad. (陳設)		陳	設
simp. (陈设)		陈	设

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): chénshè

(Zhuyin): ㄔㄣˊ ㄕㄜˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): can⁴ cit³
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): tîn-siat

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: chénshè → chénshe (toneless final syllable variant)
  - Zhuyin: ㄔㄣˊ ㄕㄜˋ → ㄔㄣˊ ˙ㄕㄜ (toneless final syllable variant)
  - Tongyong Pinyin: chénshe̊
  - Wade–Giles: chʻên²-shê⁵
  - Yale: chén-she
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chern.sheh
  - Palladius: чэньшэ (čɛnʹšɛ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰən³⁵ ʂɤ⁵¹/ → /ʈ͡ʂʰən³⁵ ʂə³/

Note: Toneless - usually the noun sense.

Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: can⁴ cit³
  - Yale: chàhn chit
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tsan⁴ tsit⁸
  - Guangdong Romanization: cen⁴ qid³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɐn²¹ t͡sʰiːt̚³/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tîn-siat
  - Tâi-lô: tîn-siat
  - Phofsit Daibuun: dinsiad
  - IPA (Xiamen): /tin²⁴⁻²² siɛt̚³²/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /tin²⁴⁻²² siɛt̚⁵/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /tin¹³⁻²² siɛt̚³²/
  - IPA (Taipei): /tin²⁴⁻¹¹ siɛt̚³²/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /tin²³⁻³³ siɛt̚³²/

Verb

陳設

to display; to set out; to exhibit
- 諸奢飾之物，皆各緘縢，不敢陳設。 [Literary Chinese, trad.]
  诸奢饰之物，皆各缄縢，不敢陈设。 [Literary Chinese, simp.]
  From: The Book of the Later Han, circa 5^th century CE
  Zhū shē shì zhī wù, jiē gè jiān téng, bùgǎn chénshè.
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- 單說世上人貪心起處，便是十萬個金剛也降不住。明明的刑憲陳設在前，也顧不得了。 [Written Vernacular Chinese, trad.]
  单说世上人贪心起处，便是十万个金刚也降不住。明明的刑宪陈设在前，也顾不得了。 [Written Vernacular Chinese, simp.]
  From: 1628 CE, Ling Mengchu, Slapping the Table in Amazement I
  Dānshuō shìshàng rén tānxīn qǐ chù, biànshì shíwàn ge jīngāng yě jiàng bùzhù. Míngmíng de xíngxiàn chénshè zàiqián, yě gùbùdé le.
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Synonyms

擺設／摆设 (bǎishè)
佈置／布置 (bùzhì)
羅列／罗列 (luóliè)
(literary) 施設／施设 (shīshè)

Noun

陳設

furnishings; displayed things
- 賈母笑道：「這孩子太老實了。你沒有陳設，何妨和你姨娘要些。」 [Written Vernacular Chinese, trad.]
  贾母笑道：「这孩子太老实了。你没有陈设，何妨和你姨娘要些。」 [Written Vernacular Chinese, simp.]
  From: Cao Xueqin, Dream of the Red Chamber, mid-18^th century CE
  Jiǎ mǔ xiàodào: “Zhè háizǐ tài lǎoshí le. Nǐ méiyǒu chénshè, héfáng hé nǐ yíniáng yào xiē.”
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References

“Entry #123323”, in 重編國語辭典修訂本 [Revised Mandarin Chinese Dictionary] (in Chinese), National Academy for Educational Research (Taiwan), 2021.

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