装 (zhuāng): dress, install
装 (zhuāng) is a Chinese character meaning “dress, install.” Classified as HSK Level 4 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 壮 (phonetic) and 衣 (semantic). It ranks #467 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 装 clothes. Its radical form 衤 (clothing) appears in many related characters such as 衣 (yī, clothing), 表 (biǎo, exterior surface), 初 (chū, beginning).
Definitions
- dress, install
Etymology & Origin
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
HSK Vocabulary with 装
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning | HSK |
|---|---|---|---|
| 服装noun | fú zhuāng | dress | 5 |
| 装备verb/noun | zhuāng bèi | equipment | 6 |
| 西装noun | xī zhuāng | suit | 5 |
| 装饰verb/noun | zhuāng shì | to decorate | 5 |
| 安装verb | ān zhuāng | to install | 5 |
| 装修verb | zhuāng xiū | to decorate | 5 |
| 包装verb/noun | bāo zhuāng | to wrap | 5 |
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 假装 | jiǎ zhuāng | to feign |
| 伪装 | wěi zhuāng | to pretend to be (asleep etc) |
| 时装 | shí zhuāng | fashion |
| 武装 | wǔ zhuāng | arms |
| 装满 | zhuāng mǎn | to fill up |
| 装扮 | zhuāng bàn | to decorate |
| 套装 | tào zhuāng | outfit or suit (of clothes) |
| 泳装 | yǒng zhuāng | swimsuit |
| 改装 | gǎi zhuāng | to change one's costume |
| 装傻 | zhuāng shǎ | to act stupid |
| 装甲 | zhuāng jiǎ | vehicle armor |
| 女装 | nǚ zhuāng | women's clothes |
| 化装 | huà zhuāng | (of actors) to make up |
| 着装 | zhuó zhuāng | to dress |
| 装束 | zhuāng shù | attire |
装 appears in 100 compound words: 33 as the first character, 67 as the last, and 0 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.
Strongest Collocations
Characters that most frequently co-occur with 装 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Idioms & Chengyu (11)
to dress up in disguise (idiom); to pretend for the purpose of deceit
to dress up in disguise (idiom); to pretend for the purpose of deceit
Example Sentences
装修房子需要三个月时间，预计年底可以入住。
Zhuāngxiū fángzi xūyào sān gè yuè shíjiān, yùjì niándǐ kěyǐ rùzhù.
Renovating the house will take three months; expected move-in is by year-end.
黄友凤吁警遵循指示 勿以服装为由拒报案
huáng yǒu fèng xū jǐng zūn xún zhǐ shì wù yǐ fú zhuāng wéi yóu jù bào àn
Huang Youfeng called on the police to follow the instructions and not to refuse to report the case on the grounds of clothing
首相考虑解冻军队采购资金 确保武装部队行动不受影响
shǒu xiāng kǎo lǜ jiě dòng jūn duì cǎi gòu zī jīn què bǎo wǔ zhuāng bù duì háng dòng bù shòu yǐng xiǎng
The prime minister considered unfreezing military procurement funds to ensure that armed forces operations were not affected
台北101风水池民众提桶装 贾永婕急喊话
tái běi 1 0 1 fēng shuǐ chí mín zhòng tí tǒng zhuāng gǔ yǒng 婕 jí hǎn huà
Taipei 101 Feng Shui Pool People carry buckets Jia Yongjie shouted urgently
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. . . , zhè dà fā dǐng kān lún wén yòng rén gōng zhì néng wéi mó dàn bái zào zhuāng . .
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diǎn liàng zhōng guó hóng ! yīng guó dì biāo lún dūn yǎn pī shǎng zhōng guó chūn jié zhuāng bàn
Light Up China Red! London Eye Dons Chinese New Year Decorations
你在你的车上装雪地轮了吗？
Nǐ zài nǐ de chē shàng zhuāng xuědìlún le ma?
Have you put winter tyres on your car yet?
请你分开包装好吗？
Qǐng nǐ fēnkāi bāozhuāng hǎo ma?
Could you wrap this separately, please?
你能帮我保留这件洋装吗？
Nǐ néng bāng wǒ bǎoliú zhè jiàn yángzhuāng ma?
Could you save this dress for me?
我可以借你的灰色西装吗？
Wǒ kěyǐ jiè nǐ de huīsè xīzhuāng ma?
Could I borrow your gray suit?
Character Family
衤 Radical Family — Characters sharing the clothing radical
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