装 zhuāng
- Strokes
- 12
- Radical
- 衣 — cloth
- Made of
- 壮 big, large 衣 cloth
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
装修
zhuāngxiū
to renovate
Characters in this word
修 xiū
- Strokes
- 9
- Radical
- 亻 — man, person
- Made of
- 攸 distant, far 彡 hair
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 我家在装修。 Wǒ jiā zài zhuāngxiū. My home is being renovated.
- 装修很花钱。 Zhuāngxiū hěn huā qián. Renovating costs a lot of money.
- 新房要装修。 Xīn fáng yào zhuāngxiū. The new home needs renovation.
Related words
- 装 zhuāng to put in; to pretend
- 安装 ānzhuāng to install
- 服装 fúzhuāng clothing; costume
- 装置 zhuāngzhì device
- 包装 bāozhuāng packaging; to wrap
- 西装 xīzhuāng suit
- 装饰 zhuāngshì to decorate; decoration
- 修 xiū to repair
- 修改 xiūgǎi to revise; to correct
- 维修 wéixiū to repair
- 修理 xiūlǐ to repair
- 修复 xiūfù to repair; to restore