妝
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zhuāng · adornment, make-up

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7Total strokes

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Left-rightCharacter structure

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女Key radical

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Vocabulary in context

Common words with 妝

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Example sentences

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Tā zǒng shì huà le zhuāng.她總是化了妝。

She is always well made up.

Source: Tatoeba #889804 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Jīn tiān xià wǔ wǒ qù le yí tàng yào zhuāng diàn.今天下午我去了一趟藥妝店。

This afternoon I went to a pharmacy.

Source: Tatoeba #5919335 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Tā jí shǐ bú huà zhuāng yě fēi cháng kě ài.她即使不化妝也非常可愛。

Even without makeup, she's very cute.

Source: Tatoeba #12166254 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Nǐ hěn měi , shèn zhì bú bì shǐ yòng huà zhuāng pǐn.你很美, 甚至不必使用化妝品。

You are so beautiful, you do not need to use makeup.

Source: Tatoeba #2188442 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Tā cóng bú huà zhuāng , dàn zǒng shì kàn qǐ lái hěn mí rén.她從不化妝, 但總是看起來很迷人。

She never wears makeup, but she always looks very charming.

Source: Tatoeba #2188443 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Wǒ mén jiāng yāo qǐng zuì yǒu míng de huà zhuāng shī wéi wǒ mén de yǎn yuán huà zhuāng.我們將邀請最有名的化妝師為我們的演員化妝。

We're going to hire the most famous makeup artist for our cast's makeup.

Source: Tatoeba #2188448 · CC BY 2.0 FR
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How to study 妝 in context

  1. Say zhuāng, then recall the core meaning: adornment, make-up.
  2. Write all 7 strokes while keeping the left-right balanced.
  3. Read the complete sentence aloud once, then cover the translation and explain how 妝 works in that context.

Definitions and traditional forms are compiled from Make Me a Hanzi, HSK curriculum data, and CC-CEDICT. Sourced example sentences link to Tatoeba; editorial examples are labeled separately. Review data sources and licenses.