HSK 6 · Transport

装卸 zhuāngxiè “to load and unload” in Chinese

Traditional 裝卸

What 装卸 means

  1. to load and unload
  2. to load or unload
  3. to transfer
  4. to assemble and disassemble

How to say 装卸

  • 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 fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale卸xiè4th tone, falling

装卸 in a sentence

  1. 工人们正在码头装卸货物。

    Gōngrénmen zhèngzài mǎtou zhuāngxiè huòwù.

    The workers are loading and unloading goods at the dock.

    Sentence by WillyChina

  2. 这辆卡车的装卸很方便。

    Zhè liàng kǎchē de zhuāngxiè hěn fāngbiàn.

    This truck is easy to load and unload.

    Sentence by WillyChina

How 装卸 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 卸 (xiè) with each of its parts in a different colour
卸xièto unload; to remove; to detach
  • 午part of the character
  • 止stop · zhǐMeaning part
  • 卩seal · jiéSound part

止 hints at the meaning (stop); 卩 (jié) hints at the sound. Compare it with xiè.

How to write 装卸

装 12 strokes · 卸 9 strokes

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

Words related to 装卸

Words with 装

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FAQs

装卸 (zhuāngxiè) means “to load and unload” or “to load or unload”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it zhuāngxiè: zhuāng with a 1st tone, then xiè with a 4th 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, 装卸 is written 裝卸. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type zhuangxie with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 装卸 from the suggestions. Typing zhuangxie into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
装卸 is an HSK 6 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 written by WillyChina. Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.