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妆

zhuāng

HSK 6 Character Traditional 妝

What 妆 means

1. (of a woman) to adorn oneself
2. makeup
3. adornment
4. trousseau
5. stage makeup and costume

Other readings

妆 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• zhuāngvariant of {妆|zhuāng}

Example sentences

• 她化着浓妆。
  Tā huà zhe nóngzhuāng.
  She wears a lot of makeup.
• 她总是化了妆。
  She is always well made up.
• 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.
• 演员的皮肤是化过妆的。
  The actress' skin has makeup on it.
• 我因为化妆品皮肤过敏了。
  Wǒ yīnwèi huàzhuāngpǐn pífū guòmǐn le.
  I got a makeup-induced rash.

Words starting with 妆

• 妆容zhuāng rónga look (achieved by applying makeup)
• 妆造zhuāng zàomakeup and styling
• 妆饰zhuāng shìto dress up
• 妆点zhuāng diǎnto decorate
• 妆奁zhuāng liántrousseau; lady's dressing case
• 妆扮zhuāng bànvariant of 装扮

Words containing 妆

• 化妆huà zhuāngto put on makeup
• 化妆品huà zhuāng pǐncosmetic; makeup product
• 嫁妆jià zhuangdowry
• 梳妆台shū zhuāng táidressing table
• 化妆师huà zhuāng shīmake-up artist; (fig.) spin doctor; reputation manager
• 梳妆shū zhuāngto dress and groom oneself
• 浓妆艳抹nóng zhuāng yàn mǒto apply makeup conspicuously (idiom); dressed to the nines and wearing makeup
• 卸妆xiè zhuāngto remove makeup; (old) to take off formal dress and ornaments
• 彩妆cǎi zhuāngmakeup; cosmetics
• 淡妆dàn zhuānglight makeup
• 减妆jiǎn zhuāngmakeup box (old)
• 浓妆nóng zhuāngheavy makeup and gaudy dress
• 盛妆shèng zhuāngvigorous; strong and healthy
• 红妆hóng zhuāngbeautiful feminine attire; (fig.) young woman
• 美妆měi zhuāngbeauty products; cosmetics; (metonym) the beauty industry
• 药妆yào zhuāngcosmeceuticals
• 化妆室huà zhuāng shìdressing room; powder room; (Taiwan) toilets
• 化妆水huà zhuāng shuǐskin toner
• 药妆店yào zhuāng diàndrugstore; pharmacy…
• 化妆舞会huà zhuāng wǔ huìmasquerade
• 咬唇妆yǎo chún zhuāngbitten-lips look…
• 淡妆浓抹dàn zhuāng nóng mǒin light or heavy makeup (idiom)
• 梳妆室shū zhuāng shìboudoir; lady's dressing room
• 烟熏妆yān xūn zhuāngsmoky-effect makeup around the eyes

Characters built on 丬

These share the phonetic component 丬 (qiáng), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 状zhuàng(bound form) form; appearance; shape; (bound form) state; condition…
• 壮zhuàngto strengthen; strong; robust

Characters that look like 妆

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 收shōuto receive; to accept; to collect
• 快kuàirapid; quick; speed
• 极jíextremely; pole (geography, physics); utmost
• 块kuàilump; chunk; piece; classifier for pieces of cloth, cake, soap etc…
• 杨yángpoplar
• 汝rǔthou

Sounds the same

Read zhuāng, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 装adornment; to adorn; dress
• 庄farmstead; village; manor
• 桩stump; stake; pile; classifier for events, cases, transactions, affairs etc
• 庒old variant of 庄