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
anagram		設擺／设摆

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): bǎishè, bǎishe

(Zhuyin): ㄅㄞˇ ㄕㄜˋ, ㄅㄞˇ ˙ㄕㄜ
Cantonese (Jyutping): baai² cit³
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): pài-sat

(Hailu, HRS): bai^ˊ shad

(Changting, Changting Pinyin): bai³ she²

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 Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: pài-sat
  - Hakka Romanization System: bai^ˇ sad^ˋ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: bai² sad⁵
  - Sinological IPA: /pai̯¹¹ sat̚²/
- (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
  - Hakka Romanization System: bai^ˊ shad
  - Sinological IPA: /pai²⁴⁻³³ ʃat⁵/
- (Changting)
  - Changting Pinyin: bai³ she²
  - Sinological IPA: /pai⁴² ʃe²⁴/

Verb

擺設

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)
陳放 / 陈放 (chénfàng)

Noun

擺設

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

References

周存 [Zhōu, Cún], editor (2023), “摆设”, in 长汀话词典 CHANGTINGHUA CIDIAN [Dictionary of Changting Dialect] (overall work in Hakka and Mandarin), Guangzhou: 世界图书出版有限公司 [World Book Publishing Co., Ltd.], →ISBN, page 11.