HSK 5 · Verbs

安装 ānzhuāng “to install” in Chinese

Traditional 安裝

What 安装 means

  1. to install
  2. to erect
  3. to fix
  4. to mount
  5. installation

How to say 安装

  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale安ān1st tone, high and level
  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale装zhuāng1st tone, high and level

安装 in a sentence

  1. 我想安装一台电话。

    Wǒ xiǎng ānzhuāng yì tái diànhuà.

    I’d like to have a phone installed.

    Sentence #346925 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

  2. 他们在办公室安装了一台自动贩卖机。

    Tāmen zài bàngōngshì ānzhuāng le yì tái zìdòng fànmàijī.

    They installed a vending machine in the office.

    Sentence #5374479 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

  3. 这男人试着安装他自己的天线。

    Zhè nánrén shì zhe ānzhuāng tā zìjǐ de tiānxiàn.

    The man tried to install his own aerial.

    Sentence #5965724 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 安装 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 安 (ān) with each of its parts in a different colour
安āncalm; peaceful
  • 宀roof · mián
  • 女woman · nǚ

Memory aidA woman 女 under a roof 宀: safe, peaceful.

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.

How to write 安装

安 6 strokes · 装 12 strokes

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

Words related to 安装

Words with 安

安静ānjìng · quiet安排ānpái · to arrange安全ānquán · safe晚安wǎn'ān · good night不安bù'ān · uneasy平安píng'ān · safe and sound安慰ānwèi · to comfort安置ānzhì · to find a place for安宁ānníng · peaceful安详ānxiáng · serene

Words with 装

装zhuāng · to pretend服装fúzhuāng · dress假装jiǎzhuāng · to feign装修zhuāngxiū · to renovate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

More words: Common Verbs

自信zìxìn · to have confidence in oneself租zū · to hire爱护àihù · to cherish爱惜àixī · to cherish熬夜áoyè · to stay up late包括bāokuò · to comprise把握bǎwò · to grasp (also fig.)摆bǎi · to arrange

FAQs

安装 (ānzhuāng) means “to install” or “to erect”. It is an HSK 5 word.
Say it ānzhuāng: ān with a 1st tone, then zhuāng 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, 安装 is written 安裝. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type anzhuang with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 安装 from the suggestions. Typing anzhuang into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
安装 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.