装 (zhuāng) — to install, to fix (equipment); to pretend, to act as if; to pack, to load (into a container)
Definition
装 covers three uses at HSK 4: installing equipment, pretending (weaker than 假装, more about acting a role), and packing into a container (broader than 包装, which focuses on commercial wrapping).
verb
to installto fix (equipment)to pretendto act as ifto packto load (into a container)
Easily confused
Examples
- 装。Shī fu zhèng zài zhuāng kōng tiáo.The technician is installing the air conditioner.
- 装。Tā zhuāng chū yí fù hěn shēng qì de yàng zi.He put on an act of being very angry.
- 装。Qǐng bǎ yī fu zhuāng jìn xíng li xiāng.Please pack the clothes into the suitcase.
Origin
Sound + meaning六书liùshū
形声xíngshēngMost 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.
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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