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Chinese symbol for “posturing”

装腔作势
zhuāng qiāng zuò shì
Traditional: 裝腔作勢
posturing; pretentious; affected

The closest CC-CEDICT match for posturing is 装腔作势 (zhuāng qiāng zuò shì), defined as: posturing; pretentious; affected.

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

装 zhuāng
dress, clothes, attire; to wear, to install
radical 145 ⾐ · 12 strokes
腔 qiāng
chest cavity; a hollow in the body
radical 130 ⾁ · 12 strokes
作 zuò
to make; to write, to compose; to act, to perform
radical 9 ⼈ · 7 strokes
势 shì
power, force; tendency, attitude
radical 19 ⼒ · 8 strokes

Traditional forms

Related words

Other words that share a character with 装腔作势.

WordPinyinMeaning
武装 (武裝)wǔ zhuāngarms; equipment
装备 (裝備)zhuāng bèiequipment; to equip
安装 (安裝)ān zhuāngto install; to erect
装置 (裝置)zhuāng zhìto install; installation
服装 (服裝)fú zhuāngdress; clothing
装饰 (裝飾)zhuāng shìto decorate; decoration
口腔kǒu qiāngoral cavity
腔调 (腔調)qiāng diàoa tune; a melody
工作gōng zuòto work; (of a machine) to operate
优势 (優勢)yōu shìsuperiority; dominance

See also: Japanese symbol for “posturing”.

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.

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