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Chinese symbol for “masquerade”

化妆舞会
huà zhuāng wǔ huì
Traditional: 化妝舞會
masquerade

The closest CC-CEDICT match for masquerade is 化妆舞会 (huà zhuāng wǔ huì), defined as: masquerade.

Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.

Characters and stroke order

化 huà
to change, to convert, to reform; -ize
radical 21 ⼔ · 4 strokes
妆 zhuāng
adornment, make-up; to dress up, to use make-up
radical 38 ⼥ · 6 strokes
舞 wǔ
to dance; to brandish
radical 136 ⾇ · 14 strokes
会 huì
to assemble, to meet; meeting; association, group
radical 9 ⼈ · 6 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “masquerade”

WordPinyinMeaning
假面舞会 (假面舞會)jiǎ miàn wǔ huìmasked ball; masquerade

Related words

Other words that share a character with 化妆舞会.

WordPinyinMeaning
文化wén huàculture; civilization
变化 (變化)biàn huà(intransitive) to change; to vary; change; variation
现代化 (現代化)xiàn dài huàmodernization; 个 (gè)
化学 (化學)huà xuéchemistry; chemical
强化 (強化)qiáng huàto strengthen; to intensify
转化 (轉化)zhuǎn huàto change; to turn; to convert; (genetics) to transform
化妆品 (化妝品)huà zhuāng pǐncosmetic; makeup product
化妆 (化妝)huà zhuāngto put on makeup
舞台 (舞臺)wǔ tái(lit. and fig.) stage; arena
社会 (社會)shè huìsociety

See also: Japanese symbol for “masquerade”.

Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.