陳設

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

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• 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

1. 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. [Pinyin]

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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. [Pinyin]

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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

1. 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.” [Pinyin]

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References

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