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Design in Chinese

design · HSK 5

设计 shè jì

  1. 设 shè to set up
  2. 计 jì to count

Counted with 个: 一个设计 yí gè shèjì

这件衣服的设计很简单。 The design of this garment is very simple.

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How do you say design in Chinese?

Design in Chinese is 设计 (shè jì). You can also say 款式 (kuǎn shì), 图案 (tú àn).

Which word should I use?

Start with the first one: it is the easiest on the HSK list. The others say it too, often in a more formal way or for a narrower sense; each one’s page has real sentences that show how it is used.

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Our own dictionary’s meanings for the official HSK word list. A word is shown for an English word when that is one of its first meanings; the easiest word whose first meaning it is comes first.

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