# 設使
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): shèshǐ
    (Zhuyin): ㄕㄜˋ ㄕˇ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): cit$^3$ si$^2$
* Hakka (Sixian, PFS): sat-sṳ́
* Eastern Min (BUC): siék-sṳ̄
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): siat-sú / siat-sír
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: shèshǐ
*** Zhuyin: ㄕㄜˋ ㄕˇ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: shèshǐh
*** Wade–Giles: shê$^4$-shih$^3$
*** Yale: shè-shř
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shehshyy
*** Palladius: шэши (šɛši)
*** Sinological IPA : /ʂɤ⁵¹ ʂʐ̩²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: cit$^3$ si$^2$
*** Yale: chit sí
*** Cantonese Pinyin: tsit$^8$ si$^2$
*** Guangdong Romanization: qid$^3$ xi$^2$
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sʰiːt̚³ siː³⁵/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sat-sṳ́
*** Hakka Romanization System: sad$^ˋ$ sii$^ˋ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: sad$^5$ si$^3$
*** Sinological IPA: /sat̚² sɨ³¹/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: siék-sṳ̄
*** Sinological IPA : /sieʔ²⁴⁻³⁵ sy³³/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, General Taiwanese, Zhangzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siat-sú
*** Tâi-lô: siat-sú
*** Phofsit Daibuun: siatsuo
*** IPA (Xiamen, Taipei): /siɛt̚³²⁻⁴ su⁵³/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /siɛt̚³²⁻⁵ su⁵³/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /siɛt̚³²⁻⁴ su⁴¹/
** (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siat-sír
*** Tâi-lô: siat-sír
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /siɛt̚⁵⁻²⁴ sɯ⁵⁵⁴/
* Middle Chinese: syet sriX
Rime :
| Character | 設 | 使 |
| Reading # | 1/1 | 1/2 |
| Initial (聲) | 書 (26) | 生 (21) |
| Final (韻) | 薛 (81) | 之 (19) |
| Tone (調) | Checked (Ø) | Rising (X) |
| Openness (開合) | Open | Open |
| Division (等) | III | III |
| Fanqie | 識列切 | 踈士切 |
| Baxter | syet | sriX |
| Reconstructions |||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /ɕiᴇt̚/ | /ʃɨ$^X$/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /ɕiɛt̚/ | /ʃɨ$^X$/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /ɕjæt̚/ | /ʃie$^X$/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /ɕiat̚/ | /ʂɨ$^X$/ |
| Li Rong | /ɕiɛt̚/ | /ʃiə$^X$/ |
| Wang Li | /ɕĭɛt̚/ | /ʃĭə$^X$/ |
| Bernard Karlgren | /ɕi̯ɛt̚/ | /ʂi$^X$/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | she | shǐ |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | sit$^3$ | si$^2$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Baxter–Sagart): /*ŋ̊et s-rəʔ/
    (Zhengzhang): /*hljed srɯʔ/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 設 | 使 |
| Reading # | 1/1 | 1/2 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | shè | shǐ |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ syet › | ‹ sri$^X$ › |
| Old Chinese | /*ŋ̊et/ | /*s-rəʔ/ |
| English | set up | send; cause |
| Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary. |||
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 設 | 使 |
| Reading # | 1/1 | 1/2 |
| No. | 11231 | 11488 |
| Phonetic component | 設 | 史 |
| Rime group | 月 | 之 |
| Rime subdivision | 2 | 0 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 設 | 史 |
| Old Chinese | /*hljed/ | /*srɯʔ/ |

### Conjunction

設使
* (literary or Southern Min) if; supposing
    From: 1915, 《台灣教會報》第366卷 (Tâi-ôan Kàu-hōe-pò tē 366 kòan), 論白耳義 (Lūn Pe̍h-ní-gī)
    Siat-sú Pe̍h-ní-gī ê choè-kang-lâng thàn Tek-kok koaⁿ ê bēng-lēng chè-chō kun-peng só͘ khiàm ê mi̍h, sī pī-pān khì-khū lâi phah-sí in ê chhin-kut-jio̍k. [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]
    (please add an English translation of this usage example)

#### Synonyms

| Variety | Location | Words |
| Classical Chinese | 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) | 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 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 要是, 要, 如果 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Malaysia | 如果 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 如果 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 要是 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 要是 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 要是, 假比 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 要是 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 要是, 要, 假使 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hefei | 要是, 倘此, 倘倘 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 如果, 若果, 若然, 假使間 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 如果, 若果, 若然, 若然之, 假使, 假使間, 假如 |
| Cantonese | Macau | 假如 |
| Cantonese | Taishan | 如果, 假使 |
| Cantonese | Yangjiang | 設若 |
| Cantonese | Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) | 如果 |
| Cantonese | Singapore (Guangfu) | 如果 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 要是, 若是 |
| Gan | Lichuan | 假使 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 係話, 若係, 如果 |
| Hakka | Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua) | 若果, 係講, 係話 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 係講, 若係, 假使 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 係講, 係準, 係準講, 準講, 準假, 係若, 若係, 假使, 假詐 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 係講, 若係, 假使 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 準講, 可比, 假使, 係講, 若係, 若係講, 準若講 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 係講, 若係, 假使 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 若係講, 假使, 若講, 係講, 若係 |
| Hakka | Kuching (Hepo) | 假使 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 要是 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 來是, 如果 |
| Northern Min | 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 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 設使, 若是, 若, 若欲是, 假若, 假若是, 欲, 欲是 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 設使, 若是, 若, 假若, 假若是, 欲, 欲是, 甲若, 甲若是 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 若是, 若準, 若, 假使, 設使 |
| Southern Min | Penang (Hokkien) | 若是, 若準 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 若是 |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 若是, 若, 假使 |
| Southern Min | Chaozhou | 若是 |
| Southern Min | Shantou | 如果 |
| Southern Min | Jieyang | 若, 若是 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Teochew) | 若是 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 要是, 如果, 假使, 倘然, 倘使, 是得 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 要, 如果 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 若是, 若 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 要是 |
| Xiang | Shuangfeng | 要是, 要此 |

## Korean

Hanja in this term :
| 設 | 使 |

### Adverb

設使 • (seolsa) (hangeul 설사)
* hanja form of 설사 (“even if”)