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装配 (zhuāng pèi) — to assemble (fit together parts or components); to install (set up equipment)

Definition

Technical term meaning 'to assemble / to install' parts or equipment into a working whole. More formal and mechanical than the everyday verb 装 (zhuāng), which covers a wider, less precise range of actions.

verb
to assemble (fit together parts or components)to install (set up equipment)

Examples

  • 装配。
    Gōng rén men zhèng zài zhuāng pèi zhè tái jī qì.
    The workers are assembling this machine.
  • 装配。
    Wǒ men xū yào zhuāng pèi xīn de kōng tiáo xì tǒng.
    We need to install a new air conditioning system.
  • 装配。
    Zhè xiē líng jiàn shì zài guó wài zhuāng pèi de.
    These parts were assembled abroad.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
联合liánhéCoordinate

Two parts of equal weight, alike or opposite in meaning, standing side by side.

装zhuānginstall
配pèifit

To install and fit parts together: 装 means put in and 配 means match.

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 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 →

Two or more meaningful parts placed together so that their meanings combine into a new one.

  • 酉酉yǒualcohol vessel
  • 卩卩jiékneeling person

配 is formed by putting 酉, an alcohol vessel, next to 卩, a kneeling person. The reference gives these two parts, but not the reason they combine.

Open 配 →
Appears in
Industry & Manufacturing

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