HSK 5 · Verbs

装 zhuāng “to pretend” in Chinese

Traditional 裝

What 装 means

  1. to pretend
  2. to install
  3. to load
  4. adornment
  5. to adorn
More meanings from CC-CEDICT
  • dress
  • clothing
  • costume (of an actor in a play)
  • to play a role

How to say 装

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

装 in a sentence

  1. 这个玩具汽车是装电池的。

    Zhè ge wánjù qìchē shì zhuāng diànchí de.

    This toy car takes batteries.

    Sentence #1517478 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 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 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 装

装 12 strokes

Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.

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

Words related to 装

Words with 装

服装fúzhuāng · dress假装jiǎzhuāng · to feign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: Common Verbs

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装饰zhuāngshì · to decorate追zhuī · to chase追求zhuīqiú · to pursue (a goal)组成zǔchéng · to form

FAQs

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