Chinese word

安装

Pronunciation

Pinyinān zhuāng

Meaning

  • verbinstall

Example

我昨天安装了空调。wǒ zuó tiān ān zhuāng le kōng tiáo

Yesterday, I installed the air conditioner.

Illustration for 安装 (install)

More examples

我在手机上安装了一个应用。wǒ zài shǒu jī shàng ān zhuāng le yí gè yìng yòng

I installed an app on my phone.

Core concept

Something is fitted into place, connected, and adjusted until it works.

Common phrases

  • 安装软件ān zhuāng ruǎn jiàn

    install software

  • 安装空调ān zhuāng kōng tiáo

    install an air conditioner

  • 安装系统ān zhuāng xì tǒng

    install a system

Similar words

设置shè zhì: Setting a device or program's options to control how it works.
放fàng: Moving an object to a place and leaving it there.

Definition in Chinese

把设备、器材或软件放到合适位置并进行连接与调试，使其能够正常使用。bǎ shè bèi qì cái huò ruǎn jiàn fàng dào hé shì wèi zhì bìng jìn xíng lián jiē yǔ tiáo shì shǐ qí néng gòu zhèng cháng shǐ yòng

Word origin

安 (ān, "settle") + 装 (zhuāng, "equip") combines the ideas of settling something into position and fitting it out, which gives the verb its sense of making equipment or software ready to use.

Usage tips

  • With software, downloading a file and putting the program on a device are separate steps, so a downloaded program is not necessarily installed.

Other meanings

  • set upverb

Opposites

Related words

  • 安装包ān zhuāng bāoinstallation packagenoun
  • 安装向导ān zhuāng xiàng dǎoinstallation wizardnoun
  • 安装工ān zhuāng gōnginstallernoun

Word lists with this word