设置 shèzhì to set up
to set up; to install
How to remember 设置: 设 to build + 置 to lay out = to set up.
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How it is used
- To set up / configure / place - 设置密码 (shèzhì mìmǎ) set a password, 设置路障 place a roadblock; also the noun 'settings' 手机设置.
- Everyday tech sense 'settings/to configure' is very common today, alongside physically installing/placing something.
- Versus 设立 (shèlì) for founding institutions; 设置 is more about arranging/configuring.