假設

See also: 假设 and 仮設

Chinese

		vacation; fake; false vacation; fake; false; artificial; to borrow; if; suppose	to set up; to arrange; to establish to set up; to arrange; to establish; to found; to display
trad. (假設)		假	設
simp. (假设)		假	设

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jiǎshè

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄚˇ ㄕㄜˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gaa² cit³
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): ká-siat / kée-siat

  (Teochew, Peng'im): gian² siêg⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jiǎshè
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄚˇ ㄕㄜˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jiǎshè
    • Wade–Giles: chia³-shê⁴
    • Yale: jyǎ-shè
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jeasheh
    • Palladius: цзяшэ (czjašɛ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ä²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʂɤ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gaa² cit³
    • Yale: gá chit
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gaa² tsit⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: ga² qid³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kaː³⁵ t͡sʰiːt̚³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ká-siat
    • Tâi-lô: ká-siat
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kafsiad
    • IPA (Xiamen, Taipei): /ka⁵³⁻⁴⁴ siɛt̚³²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ka⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ siɛt̚⁵/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ka⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ siɛt̚³²/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kée-siat
    • Tâi-lô: kée-siat
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kɛ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ siɛt̚³²/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: gian² siêg⁴
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: kiáⁿ siek
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kĩã⁵²⁻³⁵ siek̚²/

Verb

假設

1. to presuppose; to hypothesise; to assert
2. (obsolete) to make a makeshift; to provisionally arrange

   • 太尉曰：「吾未晡食，請假設草具。」 [MSC, trad.]
     太尉曰：「吾未晡食，请假设草具。」 [MSC, simp.]

     From: 814, Liu Zongyuan（柳宗元）, Some Incidents from the Life of Marshal Duan (A Report for the Official Historians)（《段太尉逸事狀》）, translated in English by Yang Xianyi and Gladys Yang

     Tàiwèi yuē: “Wú wèi būshí, qǐng jiǎshè cǎojù.” [Pinyin]

     (Nonliteral translation) “I have not yet dined,” said the marshal. “May I trouble you for a simple meal?”

Synonyms

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• 估計 / 估计 (gūjì)
• 估量
• 假定 (jiǎdìng)
• 假想 (jiǎxiǎng)
• 商量 (shāngliàng) (Classical Chinese)
• 嫌 (xián) (literary, or in compounds)
• 忖度 (cǔnduó) (literary)
• 思裁 (sīcái) (literary)
• 想象 (xiǎngxiàng)
• 懸 / 悬 (xuán) (literary, or in compounds)
• 懸想 / 悬想 (xuánxiǎng)
• 懷疑 / 怀疑 (huáiyí)
• 打估 (Southern Pinghua)
• 推想 (tuīxiǎng)
• 推測 / 推测 (tuīcè)
• 掠算 (Xiamen Hokkien, Zhangzhou Hokkien)
• 揣度 (formal)
• 擬 / 拟 (nǐ)
• 母量 (mu³ liong) (Gan)
• 派胚 (Hokkien)
• 測 / 测 (cè) (literary, or in compounds)
• 測估 / 测估 (cègū)
• 測度 / 测度 (cèduó)
• 測算 / 测算 (cèsuàn)
• 猜 (cāi)
• 猜度 (cāiduó)
• 猜想 (cāixiǎng)
• 猜摸 (cāimo)
• 猜料 (cāiliào)
• 猜測 / 猜测 (cāicè)
• 猜詳 / 猜详 (cāixiáng)
• 算 (suàn)
• 算計 / 算计 (suànjì)
• 約摸 / 约摸 (yuēmo)
• 臭疑 (Hokkien)
• 臭青疑 (Hokkien)
• 虛擬 / 虚拟 (xūnǐ)
• 要約 / 要约 (iau³ ieh⁴) (Jin)
• 設 / 设 (shè)
• 設想 / 设想 (shèxiǎng)
• 跋胚 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)
• 辦胚 / 办胚 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)
• 阿合 (Quanzhou Hokkien, Xiamen Hokkien)
• 青疑 (Hokkien)
• 預計 / 预计 (yùjì)

Noun

假設

1. hypothesis; presupposition; assertion; assumption

   基本假設／基本假设  ―  jīběn jiǎshè  ―  basic assumption

   提出研究假設／提出研究假设  ―  tíchū yánjiū jiǎshè  ―  to formulate a research hypothesis

Synonyms

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• 假定 (jiǎdìng)
• 假說 / 假说 (jiǎshuō)
• 設想 / 设想 (shèxiǎng)

Conjunction

假設

1. if; supposing

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 如果 (“if”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		若, 假, 如, 使, 令, 苟, 向, 向使, 向令, 假令, 假使, 誠, 誠使, 倘, 儻, 當使
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		若, 如, 如果, 若果, 果若, 假如, 假若, 假使, 假設, 倘若, 倘或, 倘然, 倘使, 若是, 若然, 設若, 設使, 設令, 設或, 設
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	要是, 要
	Taiwan	要是, 要, 如果
	Malaysia	如果
	Singapore	如果
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	要是
Central Plains Mandarin	Xi'an	要是
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	要是, 假比
	Wuhan	要是
Jianghuai Mandarin	Yangzhou	要是, 要, 假使
	Hefei	要是, 倘此, 倘倘
Cantonese	Guangzhou	如果, 若果, 若然, 假使間
	Hong Kong	如果, 若果, 若然, 若然之, 假使, 假使間, 假如
	Macau	假如
	Taishan	如果, 若果, 假使
	Kaiping (Chikan)	若果
	Yangjiang	設若
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	如果
	Singapore (Guangfu)	如果
Gan	Nanchang	要是, 若是
	Lichuan	假使
Hakka	Meixian	係話, 若係, 如果
	Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua)	若果, 係講, 係話
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	係講, 若係, 假使
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	係講, 係準, 係準講, 準講, 準假, 係若, 若係, 假使, 假詐
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	係講, 若係, 假使
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	準講, 可比, 假使, 係講, 若係, 若係講, 準若講
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	係講, 若係, 假使
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	若係講, 假使, 若講, 係講, 若係
	Kuching (Hepo)	假使
Jin	Taiyuan	要是
Northern Min	Jian'ou	來是, 如果
	Pucheng (Shibei)	來是, 如果
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	儷是, 若還
Southern Min	Xiamen	設使, 若是, 若, 若欲是, 假若, 假若是, 欲, 欲是, 甲若, 甲若是
	Quanzhou	設使, 若是, 若, 若欲是, 假若, 假若是, 欲, 欲是
	Zhangzhou	設使, 若是, 若, 假若, 假若是, 欲, 欲是, 甲若, 甲若是
	Tainan	若是, 若準, 若, 假使, 設使
	Penang (Hokkien)	若是, 若準
	Singapore (Hokkien)	若是
	Manila (Hokkien)	若是, 若, 假使
	Chaozhou	若是
	Shantou	如果
	Jieyang	若, 若是
	Singapore (Teochew)	若是
	Wenchang	但見, 欲
	Haikou	麼是, 設如, 設使
Wu	Shanghai	要是, 如果, 假使, 倘然, 倘使, 是得
	Suzhou	要, 如果
	Wenzhou	若是, 若
Xiang	Changsha	要是
	Shuangfeng	要是, 要此

Japanese

Kanji in this term
假	設
か Hyōgai	せつ Grade: 5
on'yomi

Noun

假(か)設(せつ) • (kasetsu) 

1. Kyūjitai form of 仮設 (makeshift; provisional; temporary)

Korean

Hanja in this term
假	設

Noun

假設 • (gaseol) (hangeul 가설)

1. hanja form^? of 가설 (“conjecture”)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
假	設

Noun

假設

1. chữ Hán form of giả thiết (“assumption”).

Verb

假設

1. chữ Hán form of giả thiết (“to assume”).