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化妆

huà zhuāng

Old HSK 6 HSK 3.0 level 6 2-character word Traditional 化妝

化妆 (huà zhuāng) means "to put on makeup". It is an HSK 3.0 level 6 word, and was HSK 6 in the old six-level list.

What 化妆 means

1. to put on makeup

The characters in 化妆

• 化huàto make into; to change into; -ization
• 妆zhuāng(of a woman) to adorn oneself; makeup; adornment

Example sentences

• 男孩化妆没有什么问题。
  Nánhái huà zhuāng méiyǒu shénme wèntí.
  There is nothing wrong with boys wearing cosmetics.
• 男孩化妆没有甚么问题。
  There is nothing wrong with boys wearing cosmetics.
• 我因为化妆品皮肤过敏了。
  Wǒ yīnwèi huàzhuāngpǐn pífū guòmǐn le.
  I got a makeup-induced rash.
• 她即使不化妆也非常可爱。
  Even without makeup, she's very cute.
• 化妆太浓的话脸会看着很奇怪。
  Huàzhuāng tài nóng de huà liǎn huì kàn zhe hěn qíguài.
  A face with too much make up looks strange.
• 你很美, 甚至不必使用化妆品。
  Nǐ hěn měi, shènzhì bù bì shǐyòng huàzhuāngpǐn.
  You are so beautiful, you do not need to use makeup.

Words starting with 化妆

• 化妆品huà zhuāng pǐncosmetic; makeup product
• 化妆师huà zhuāng shīmake-up artist; (fig.) spin doctor; reputation manager
• 化妆室huà zhuāng shìdressing room; powder room; (Taiwan) toilets
• 化妆水huà zhuāng shuǐskin toner
• 化妆舞会huà zhuāng wǔ huìmasquerade

Sounds the same

Read huà zhuāng, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 化装(of actors) to make up; to disguise oneself

Where 化妆 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of HSK 6 Vocabulary · huā–Hù (HSK 6), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

Go deeper

• Every HSK 6 word, with the rest of its level.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read huà zhuāng correctly.
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