假装

jiǎzhuāng

Traditional: 假裝

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Translation

to pretend, to feign

Word origin

A compound of 假 (jiǎ, false, fake) and 装 (zhuāng, to dress up, to put on), so the word means to put on a false appearance.

Origin
compound
Root
假 (jiǎ, false) + 装 (zhuāng, to dress up)

Stroke order

Stroke order for 假

Stroke order for 装

Examples

He pretended he had not heard.

She feigned being very happy.

Stop pretending to be asleep.

He pretended not to know me.

The child pretended to be a doctor.

假装 (jiǎ zhuāng) means to pretend or feign, to deliberately put on an appearance that is not real. It is typically followed by a verb describing the pretended action.

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This word is part of lesson 34.