装装

裝裝

zhuāngzhuang

verb #25,153

Meanings

1 to pretend a little; to put on an act briefly
2 to feign (in a casual sense)

Characters

to pretend; to feign; to dress up; to load

reduplicated for casual/brief action

Examples

他只是装装，其实早就知道了。

Tā zhǐshì zhuāngzhuang, qíshí zǎo jiù zhīdào le.

He was just putting on an act — he actually knew all along.

装装样子给领导看，也是一种职场技巧。

Zhuāngzhuang yàngzi gěi lǐngdǎo kàn, yě shì yī zhǒng zhíchǎng jìqiǎo.

Putting on a show for the boss is also a workplace skill.

Tips

grammar

装装 is a verb reduplication of 装 (to pretend/feign). Reduplicating a verb in Chinese adds a sense of doing something briefly, casually, or superficially — similar to just doing a little bit of something.

Stroke Order

装 zhuāng