HSK 6 · Objects

装备 zhuāngbèi “equipment” in Chinese

Traditional 裝備

What 装备 means

  1. equipment
  2. to equip
  3. to outfit

How to say 装备

  • 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备bèi4th tone, falling

装备 in a sentence

  1. 这艘船没有雷达装备。

    Zhè sōu chuán méiyǒu léidá zhuāngbèi.

    This ship isn’t equipped with radar.

    Sentence #471152 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 他们在图书馆装备了新的书籍。

    Tāmen zài túshūguǎn zhuāngbèi le xīn de shūjí.

    They equipped the library with new books.

    Sentence #818964 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

How 装备 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 备 (bèi) with each of its parts in a different colour
备bèito prepare; to equip
  • 夂go · zhǐ
  • 田field · tián

How to write 装备

装 12 strokes · 备 8 strokes

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

Words related to 装备

Words with 装

装zhuāng · to pretend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

Words with 备

准备zhǔnbèi · to prepare责备zébèi · to blame具备jùbèi · to possess设备shèbèi · equipment戒备jièbèi · to guard against配备pèibèi · to equip完备wánbèi · complete筹备chóubèi · to prepare储备chǔbèi · reserves备份bèifèn · to back up

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FAQs

装备 (zhuāngbèi) means “equipment” or “to equip”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it zhuāngbèi: zhuāng with a 1st tone, then bèi 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, 装备 is written 裝備. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type zhuangbei with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 装备 from the suggestions. Typing zhuangbei into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
装备 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 from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.