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嫁妆

jià zhuang

HSK 3.0 level 7-9 2-character word Traditional 嫁妝

嫁妆 (jià zhuang) means "dowry". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 嫁妆 means

1. dowry

The characters in 嫁妆

• 嫁jià(of a woman) to marry; to marry off a daughter; to shift (blame etc)
• 妆zhuāng(of a woman) to adorn oneself; makeup; adornment

Sounds the same

Read jià zhuang, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 嫁装variant of 嫁妆

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