He pretended not to be listening.
CHINESE DICTIONARY ENTRY
装作
to pretend
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DEFINITIONS & USAGE
Meaning and common use
01
to pretend
02
to feign
03
to act a part
REAL CORPUS EXAMPLES
How 装作 actually appears in real sentences.
These sentences are copied from the Tatoeba corpus, so they are real usage rather than generated text. 装作 appears in 10 of the 89,190 sentences we searched.
Lisa pretended not to hear.
She pretended not to hear him yesterday.
COMMON COLLOCATIONS
Words that keep company with 装作.
Counted from the same corpus: the word that most often comes directly before, and directly after, 装作.
Directly before
- 他装作3
- 她装作2
- 就装作1
- 你们装作1
- 都装作1
Directly after
- 装作没有3
- 装作什么1
- 装作没事1
- 装作没1
- 装作不1
ABOUT THIS ENTRY
Where this entry comes from
The HSK level, part of speech, and pronunciation come from the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus. The English definitions come from CC-CEDICT. Corpus sentences, collocations, and the frequency figure come from the Tatoeba Chinese sentence export and are counted rather than written, so nothing on this page is invented. Usage notes and the hand-written examples that appear higher up exist only for a handful of entries.
Definitions from CC-CEDICT, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Vocabulary levels and parts of speech from the HSK 3.1 syllabus. This compiled dictionary is shared under the same CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
COMMON QUESTIONS
About 装作
What does 装作 mean in Chinese?
装作 (zhuāngzuò) means to pretend.
How do you pronounce 装作?
装作 is pronounced zhuāngzuò.
Is 装作 an HSK word?
装作 is on the list of the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus.
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