設法

See also: 设法

Chinese

		to set up; to arrange; to establish to set up; to arrange; to establish; to found; to display	law; method; way law; method; way; Buddhist teaching; Legalist; France (abbrev.)
trad. (設法)		設	法
simp. (设法)		设	法

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shèfǎ

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄜˋ ㄈㄚˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): cit³ faat³
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): sat-fap
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): siat-hoat

  (Teochew, Peng'im): siag⁴ huag⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shèfǎ
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄜˋ ㄈㄚˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shèfǎ
    • Wade–Giles: shê⁴-fa³
    • Yale: shè-fǎ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shehfaa
    • Palladius: шэфа (šɛfa)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂɤ⁵¹ fä²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: cit³ faat³
    • Yale: chit faat
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsit⁸ faat⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: qid³ fad³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰiːt̚³ faːt̚³/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sat-fap
    • Hakka Romanization System: sad` fab`
    • Hagfa Pinyim: sad⁵ fab⁵
    • Sinological IPA: /sat̚² fap̚²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siat-hoat
    • Tâi-lô: siat-huat
    • Phofsit Daibuun: siathoad
    • IPA (Xiamen): /siɛt̚³²⁻⁴ huat̚³²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /siɛt̚⁵⁻²⁴ huat̚⁵/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /siɛt̚³²⁻⁵ huat̚³²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /siɛt̚³²⁻⁴ huat̚³²/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /siɛt̚³²⁻⁴ huat̚³²/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: siag⁴ huag⁴
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: siak huak
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /siak̚²⁻⁴ huak̚²/

Verb

設法

1. to think of a way (to do something); to seek to; to try

Synonyms

• 作計／作计 (zuòjì) (literary)
• 出主意
• 想方 (xiǎngfāng) (literary)
• 想法
• 想辦法／想办法 (xiǎng bànfǎ)
• 打主意
• 拿主意 (ná zhǔyi)

 

Derived terms

• 想方設法／想方设法 (xiǎngfāngshèfǎ)