Meaning
adornment; adorn; costume; dress; clothing
Chinese: 装饰、穿戴、假装。
Hear the Four Tones
The same syllable “zhuang” becomes a different word in each tone. 装 is the 1st tone. Tap any tone to hear a native voice and see its pitch shape.
Stroke Order
Tap Animate to watch the strokes in order, or Practice to trace it yourself.
Common Words
- 服装fú zhuāngdress; clothing; costume; clothes
- 安装ān zhuāngto install; to erect; to fix; to mount
- 装置zhuāng zhìto install; installation; equipment; system
- 装修zhuāng xiūto decorate; interior decoration; to fit up; to renovate
- 装饰zhuāng shìto decorate; decoration; decorative; ornamental
Example Sentence
他把书装进了书包。Tā bǎ shū zhuāng jìn le shū bāo.He put the books into the schoolbag.
他Tāhe把bǎ(marks the object)书shūbook装zhuāngadornment进jìnto go forward了le(completed action)书包shū bāoschoolbag。
Go deeper
Where this character comes from
Simplified from 裝 (with 衣, clothing). It means ‘to dress up, attire; clothing, outfit, costume; to load, pack, fill; to install, fit, assemble; to pretend, feign, act’ (装饰, 安装, 假装).
A way to remember it
‘Clothing / to load / to install / to pretend’: 安装, 假装.