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.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Related words
Other words that share a character with 装腔作势.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 武装 (武裝) | wǔ zhuāng | arms; equipment |
| 装备 (裝備) | zhuāng bèi | equipment; to equip |
| 安装 (安裝) | ān zhuāng | to install; to erect |
| 装置 (裝置) | zhuāng zhì | to install; installation |
| 服装 (服裝) | fú zhuāng | dress; clothing |
| 装饰 (裝飾) | zhuāng shì | to decorate; decoration |
| 口腔 | kǒu qiāng | oral cavity |
| 腔调 (腔調) | qiāng diào | a tune; a melody |
| 工作 | gōng zuò | to work; (of a machine) to operate |
| 优势 (優勢) | yōu shì | superiority; 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.