Keyword
adornment
- make-up
- to dress up
- to use make-up
- Frequency
- #2022
- Strokes
- 6
Readings
zhuāng
Mnemonic
女 (woman) gives the meaning and 丬 the sound.
Stroke order
Composed of
Used in vocabulary
化妆品
cosmetic; makeup product
化妆
to put on makeup
妆
(of a woman) to adorn oneself; makeup; adornment; trousseau; stage makeup and costume
嫁妆
dowry
彩妆
makeup; cosmetics
化妆师
makeup artist; (fig.) spin doctor; reputation manager
美妆
beauty products; cosmetics; (metonym) the beauty industry
卸妆
to remove makeup; (old) to take off formal dress and ornaments
妆容
a look (achieved by applying makeup)
梳妆台
dressing table
梳妆
to dress and groom oneself
化妆水
skin toner
化妆舞会
masquerade
浓妆
heavy makeup and gaudy dress
药妆店
drugstore; pharmacy (one that offers health, beauty, and wellness products in addition to medicines – a type of store popular in Japan, Taiwan and Hong Kong)
淡妆
light makeup
妆点
to decorate
红妆
beautiful feminine attire; (fig.) young woman
化妆室
dressing room; powder room; (Tw) toilets
浓妆艳抹
to apply makeup conspicuously (idiom); dressed to the nines and wearing makeup
补妆
to touch up one's makeup
妆饰
to dress up
妆奁
trousseau; lady's dressing case
药妆
cosmeceuticals