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原装 (yuán zhuāng) — genuine, original, factory-sealed (of products, not locally assembled or repackaged)

Definition

Means the product is genuine factory-made, not locally assembled or refurbished. Pairs with 进口 (imported) and contrasts with 翻新 (refurbished) — emphasizing original parts and packaging.

adjective
genuineoriginalfactory-sealed (of products, not locally assembled or repackaged)

Examples

  • 原装。
    Wǒ mǎi le yì tái yuán zhuāng jìn kǒu de diàn nǎo.
    I bought an original imported computer.
  • 原装，。
    Zhè ge xiàng jī shì yuán zhuāng de, bú shì fān xīn jī.
    This camera is genuine, not a refurbished one.
  • 原装，。
    Tā men zhī mài yuán zhuāng pèi jiàn, zhì liàng yǒu bǎo zhèng.
    They only sell original parts, with guaranteed quality.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
偏正piānzhèngModifier + head

The first part narrows down the second: it says what kind of thing the head is.

原yuánoriginal
装zhuāngpack

原 (original) and 装 (pack) combine to mean still in its factory packaging.

Characters in this word

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

原 combines 泉 (spring) and 厂 (cliff), picturing a spring bursting from a cliff-side, which gives the sense of origin or source.

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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.

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