擺設

Chinese

		pendulum; to place; to display pendulum; to place; to display; to swing; to oscillate; to show; to move; to exhibit	to set up; to arrange; to establish to set up; to arrange; to establish; to found; to display
trad. (擺設)		擺	設
simp. (摆设)		摆	设

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bǎishè, bǎishe

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄞˇ ㄕㄜˋ, ㄅㄞˇ ˙ㄕㄜ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): baai² cit³
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): pài-sat

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bǎishè
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄞˇ ㄕㄜˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bǎishè
    • Wade–Giles: pai³-shê⁴
    • Yale: bǎi-shè
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: baesheh
    • Palladius: байшэ (bajšɛ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /paɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʂɤ⁵¹/
      
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bǎishe
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄞˇ ˙ㄕㄜ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bǎishe̊
    • Wade–Giles: pai³-shê⁵
    • Yale: bǎi-she
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bae.she
    • Palladius: байшэ (bajšɛ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /paɪ̯²¹⁴ ʂə⁴/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed) (擺設兒／摆设儿)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bǎisher
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄞˇ ˙ㄕㄜㄦ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bǎishe̊r
    • Wade–Giles: pai³-shê⁵-ʼrh
    • Yale: bǎi-sher
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bae.she'l
    • Palladius: байшэр (bajšɛr)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /paɪ̯²¹⁴ ʂɤɻ⁴/

Note: bǎishe(r) - generally the noun senses.

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: baai² cit³
    • Yale: báai chit
    • Cantonese Pinyin: baai² tsit⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: bai² qid³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /paːi̯³⁵ t͡sʰiːt̚³/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: pài-sat
    • Hakka Romanization System: baiˇ sad`
    • Hagfa Pinyim: bai² sad⁵
    • Sinological IPA: /pai̯¹¹ sat̚²/

Verb

擺設

1. to furnish and decorate; to set out; to display

   屋子擺設得很精緻。 [MSC, trad.]
   屋子摆设得很精致。 [MSC, simp.]

   Wūzi bǎishè de hěn jīngzhì. [Pinyin]

   The room is tastefully decorated.

Synonyms

• 佈置／布置 (bùzhì)
• 展覽／展览 (zhǎnlǎn)
• 排放 (páifàng)
• 施設／施设 (shīshè) (literary)
• 羅列／罗列 (luóliè)
• 陳列／陈列 (chénliè)

 

Noun

擺設

1. decorative items; decorations; displayed item
2. (figurative) something which is purely ornamental and without substance