Chinese word dictionary

矫饰

jiǎo shì · to put on airs; to pretend sth is better than it is; affectation

Practice word

Word information

Simplified矫饰

Traditional矯飾

Pinyinjiǎo shì

Part of speechDictionary

HSK 3.0Not listed

HSK 2.0Not listed

Character breakdown

Study each Hanzi separately, then return to the complete word so pronunciation, meaning, and movement stay connected.

矫jiǎo

to correct, to rectify, to straighten out

饰shì

to decorate, to adorn; ornament

How to learn 矫饰

Listen once without reading, repeat the pinyin with its tones, then write every character in sequence. Finally, recall the complete meaning instead of memorizing each character as an isolated translation.

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Words with the same characters

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装饰zhuāngshì

to decorate; decoration; decorative; ornamental

服饰fúshì

apparel; clothing and personal adornment

矫正jiǎozhèng

to correct; to rectify (e.g. a physical defect such as hearing or vision); to cure; rectification; correction; to straighten

首饰shǒushì

jewelry; head ornament

掩饰yǎnshì

to cover up; to conceal; to mask; to gloss over