装扮
zhuāngbàn
to dress up; attire; to adorn
Characters in this word
扮 bàn
- Strokes
- 7
- Radical
- 扌 — hand
- Made of
- 扌 hand 分 to divide, to allocate
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 她并不想用夸张的装扮吸引注意，而是希望作品本身被认真讨论。 Tā bìng bù xiǎng yòng kuāzhāng de zhuāngbàn xīyǐn zhùyì, ér shì xīwàng zuòpǐn běnshēn bèi rènzhēn tǎolùn. She does not want to attract attention through exaggerated attire, but hopes the work itself will be discussed seriously.
- 狂欢节那天，人们装扮成各种角色，在街上又唱又跳。 Kuánghuānjié nà tiān, rénmen zhuāngbàn chéng gè zhǒng juésè, zài jiē shang yòu chàng yòu tiào. On carnival day, people dressed up as all kinds of characters, singing and dancing in the streets.
- 孩子们把自己装扮成小动物，逗得大家好开心。 Háizimen bǎ zìjǐ zhuāngbàn chéng xiǎo dòngwù, dòu de dàjiā hǎo kāixīn. The children dressed themselves up as little animals, which made everyone very happy.
Related words
- 装 zhuāng to put in; to pretend
- 安装 ānzhuāng to install
- 服装 fúzhuāng clothing; costume
- 装修 zhuāngxiū to renovate
- 装置 zhuāngzhì device
- 包装 bāozhuāng packaging; to wrap
- 西装 xīzhuāng suit
- 装饰 zhuāngshì to decorate; decoration
- 装备 zhuāngbèi to equip; equipment
- 改装 gǎizhuāng to refit; to modify; to convert
- 集装箱 jízhuāngxiāng shipping container; container
- 假装 jiǎzhuāng to pretend