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着装 (zhuó zhuāng) — attire, clothing, dress (formal term)

Definition

A formal word for 'attire, what one is wearing' — used in dress codes and official contexts, not everyday chat. More abstract than 衣服 (the clothes themselves) and 穿 (the act of wearing).

noun
attireclothingdress (formal term)
Measure word · 套

Examples

  • 着装。
    Gōng sī yāo qiú yuán gōng zhèng shì zhuó zhuāng.
    The company requires employees to wear formal attire.
  • 着装。
    Tā de zhuó zhuāng zǒng shì hěn dé tǐ.
    His attire is always very appropriate.
  • 着装。
    Zhè cì huó dòng de zhuó zhuāng yāo qiú shì hēi sè zhèng zhuāng.
    The dress code for this event is black formal wear.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
动宾dòngbīnVerb + object

An action followed by what it acts on, fused into one word.

着zhewear
装zhuāngclothing

“着” means wear and “装” means clothing, so the sense is attire.

Characters in this word

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 著; 着 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
艸艸cǎograss; plant
Sound part声符shēngfú
者
者zhě著zháo
Same sound today

The traditional form 著 puts 艸 (grass; plant) above 者, which gives the sound; the simplified 着 is a later shorthand.

Open 着 →

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 裝; 装 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
衣衣yīclothes
Sound part声符shēngfú
壯
壯zhuàng裝zhuāng
Same sound today

The traditional form 裝 pairs 衣 (clothes) with 壯 as a sound part; this story is about 裝, not the simplified 装.

Open 装 →
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