# 化妆 (huàzhuāng)

In Mandarin Chinese, 化妆 (huàzhuāng) means “to put on makeup”. It is part of the HSK 7–9 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

- Meaning: to put on makeup
- Pinyin: huàzhuāng (hua4 zhuang1)
- Traditional: 化妝
- HSK 3.0 · Level 7–9
- HSK 2.0 · Level 6

## Examples

- 她每天出门前都要化妆半小时。
  Tā měitiān chūmén qián dōu yào huàzhuāng bàn xiǎoshí.
  She takes half an hour to put on makeup before going out every day.

## Characters

- [化](https://hanziro.com/word/hua-melt/) (huà): to melt; to change into
- 妆 (zhuāng): (of a woman) to adorn oneself; makeup

https://hanziro.com/word/hua-zhuang-put-on-makeup/

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