Chinese symbol for “equipment”
设备
shè bèi
Traditional: 設備
equipment; facilities; installations
The closest CC-CEDICT match for equipment is 设备 (shè bèi), defined as: equipment; facilities; installations.
Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.
Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “equipment”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 装备 (裝備) | zhuāng bèi | equipment; to equip |
| 器材 | qì cái | equipment; material |
| 器具 | qì jù | implement; utensil; equipment |
| 武装 (武裝) | wǔ zhuāng | arms; equipment |
| 具 | jù | tool; device |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 设备.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 建设 (建設) | jiàn shè | to build; to construct; to establish; to develop; to institute |
| 设计 (設計) | shè jì | to design; to plan; design; plan |
| 设立 (設立) | shè lì | to set up; to establish |
| 设置 (設置) | shè zhì | to set up; to install |
| 设施 (設施) | shè shī | facilities; installation |
| 准备 (準備) | zhǔn bèi | preparation; to prepare |
| 具备 (具備) | jù bèi | to possess; to have |
| 装备 (裝備) | zhuāng bèi | equipment; to equip |
See also: Japanese symbol for “equipment”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.