HSK 5 · Verbs

假装 jiǎzhuāng “to feign” in Chinese

Traditional 假裝

What 假装 means

  1. to feign
  2. to pretend

How to say 假装

  • Pitch chart of the third tone: dips low then rises, 2 to 1 to 4 on the five-level scale假jiǎ3rd tone, dipping
  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale装zhuāng1st tone, high and level

假装 in a sentence

  1. 她假装是学生。

    Tā jiǎzhuāng shì xuésheng.

    She pretended to be a student.

    Sentence #334611 from Tatoeba

  2. 我假装不认识她。

    Wǒ jiǎzhuāng bú rènshi tā.

    I pretended not to know her.

    Sentence #13109695 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

  3. 他假装没有听见我。

    Tā jiǎzhuāng méiyǒu tīngjiàn wǒ.

    He pretended not to hear me.

    Sentence #6451982 from Tatoeba

How 假装 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 假 (jià) with each of its parts in a different colour
假jiǎfake
  • 亻person form of 人 · rén
  • 叚false

Memory aidPerson 亻 with 叚 (jiǎ) for the sound: false, fake. Read jià, it means a holiday.

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 假装

假 11 strokes · 装 12 strokes

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

Words related to 假装

Words with 假

请假qǐngjià · to ask for time off假期jiàqī · holiday放假fàngjià · to have a holiday休假xiūjià · to take leave假jiǎ · false寒假hánjià · winter holidays放暑假fàngshǔjià · to be on summer holidays假设jiǎshè · to suppose假如jiǎrú · if虚假xūjiǎ · false

Words with 装

装zhuāng · to pretend服装fúzhuāng · dress安装ānzhuāng · to install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: Thinking & Talking

胡说húshuō · to talk nonsense幻想huànxiǎng · to fantasise记忆jìyì · to remember纪念jìniàn · to commemorate接待jiēdài · to receive (visitors or guests)借口jièkǒu · to use as an excuse据说jùshuō · it is said that决心juéxīn · determination

FAQs

假装 (jiǎzhuāng) means “to feign” or “to pretend”. It is an HSK 5 word.
Say it jiǎzhuāng: jiǎ with a 3rd 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, 假装 is written 假裝. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type jiazhuang with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 假装 from the suggestions. Typing jiazhuang into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
假装 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.