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装蒜

zhuāngsuàn

to act stupid

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DEFINITIONS & USAGE

Meaning and common use

01

to act stupid

02

to play dumb

03

to pretend to not know

REAL CORPUS EXAMPLES

How 装蒜 actually appears in real sentences.

These sentences are copied from the Tatoeba corpus, so they are real usage rather than generated text. 装蒜 appears in 2 of the 89,190 sentences we searched. Sentences without a published English translation are shown in Chinese only.

不要装蒜啊。bú yào zhuāng suàn a。

Don't play dumb.

你别装蒜了!nǐ bié zhuāng suàn le!

No published English translation for this sentence.

COMMON COLLOCATIONS

Words that keep company with 装蒜.

Counted from the same corpus: the word that most often comes directly before, and directly after, 装蒜.

Directly before

  • 你别装蒜1
  • 不要装蒜1

Directly after

  • 装蒜了1
  • 装蒜啊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 装蒜

What does 装蒜 mean in Chinese?

装蒜 (zhuāngsuàn) means to act stupid.

How do you pronounce 装蒜?

装蒜 is pronounced zhuāngsuàn.

Is 装蒜 an HSK word?

装蒜 is on the list of the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus.

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