HSK 5 · Verbs

装修 zhuāngxiū “to renovate” in Chinese

Traditional 裝修

What 装修 means

  1. to renovate
  2. to decorate (a home)
  3. to decorate
  4. interior decoration
  5. to fit up

How to say 装修

  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale装zhuāng1st tone, high and level
  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale修xiū1st tone, high and level

装修 in a sentence

  1. 他把屋子重新装修了。

    Tā bǎ wūzi chóngxīn zhuāngxiū le.

    He renovated his house.

    Sentence #1394849 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 你需要装修你的房间。

    Nǐ xūyào zhuāngxiū nǐ de fángjiān.

    You need to redecorate your room.

    Sentence #9569056 from Tatoeba

  3. 装修还不错。

    Zhuāngxiū hái búcuò.

    The decor isn’t bad.

    Sentence #747551 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 装修 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 装 (zhuāng) with each of its parts in a different colour
装zhuāngadornment
  • 壮big · zhuàngSound part
  • 衣clothes · yīMeaning part

衣 hints at the meaning (clothes); 壮 (zhuàng) hints at the sound. Compare it with zhuāng.

The character 修 (xiū) with each of its parts in a different colour
修xiūto decorate
  • 攸distant · yōuSound part
  • 彡bristle · shānMeaning part

彡 hints at the meaning (bristle); 攸 (yōu) hints at the sound. Compare it with xiū.

How to write 装修

装 12 strokes · 修 9 strokes

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装修 (zhuāngxiū) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 装修 (zhuāngxiū). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 装修

Words with 装

装zhuāng · to pretend服装fúzhuāng · dress假装jiǎzhuāng · to feign安装ānzhuāng · to install装饰zhuāngshì · to decorate武装wǔzhuāng · armed forces装卸zhuāngxiè · to load and unload包装bāozhuāng · packaging装备zhuāngbèi · equipment

Words with 修

修理xiūlǐ · to repair维修wéixiū · to repair修改xiūgǎi · to amend修复xiūfù · to repair修建xiūjiàn · to build修养xiūyǎng · self-cultivation

More words: Common Verbs

制作zhìzuò · to make重复chóngfù · to repeat抓zhuā · to grab撞zhuàng · to knock against主持zhǔchí · to host (a programme or event)抓紧zhuājǐn · to keep a firm grip on专心zhuānxīn · to concentrate转变zhuǎnbiàn · to change

FAQs

装修 (zhuāngxiū) means “to renovate” or “to decorate (a home)”. It is an HSK 5 word.
Say it zhuāngxiū: zhuāng with a 1st tone, then xiū with a 1st tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
In Traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, 装修 is written 裝修. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type zhuangxiu with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 装修 from the suggestions. Typing zhuangxiu into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
装修 is an HSK 5 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.