假 设

jiǎshè

verbnounHSK 7-9

“To suppose” in Chinese is 假设 (jiǎshè).

Meaning

to suppose
to presume
to assume

Show 4 more meanings

supposing that ...
if
hypothesis
conjecture

Example

这是个假设。

That's an assumption.

Example sentence from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0).

Characters

jiǎHSK 111 strokesfake shèHSK 36 strokesto set up; to put in place

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