zhuāng

adornment

to adorn; dress; clothing; costume (of an actor in a play); to play a role; to pretend; to install; to fix; to wrap (sth in a bag); to load; to pack

clothing (衣) + sound zhuāng (壮) = dress, adorn, install, pack

衣 carries the core meaning: clothing, costume, wrapping, and all the ways we dress or package things. 壮 contributes the sound zhuāng rather than a visual idea.

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他在睡,其实早就醒了。

tā zài zhuāng shuì , qí shí zǎo jiù xǐng le 。

He is pretending to be asleep, but he actually woke up long ago.

工人花了一天时间把空调好了。

gōng rén huā le yì tiān shí jiān bǎ kōng tiáo zhuāng hǎo le 。

The workers spent a whole day installing the air conditioner.

Words with 装

透视装

tòu shì zhuāng

see-through clothing

造型服装

zào xíng fú zhuāng

costume

选装

xuǎn zhuāng

optional (equipment)

配装

pèi zhuāng

to install; to fit

重新装修

chóng xīn zhuāng xiū

refurbishment; renovation

重装

chóng zhuāng

(computing) to reinstall

自动换刀装置

zì dòng huàn dāo zhuāng zhì

automatic tool changer (ATC)

阅读装置

yuè dú zhuāng zhì

electronic reader (e.g. for barcodes, RFID tags etc)

自动装箱

zì dòng zhuāng xiāng

autoboxing (computing)

集装箱

jí zhuāng xiāng

container (for shipping)

集装箱船

jí zhuāng xiāng chuán

container ship

露脐装

lòu qí zhuāng

crop top (clothing)