安装安裝 ānzhuāng — to install, to fit (equipment, software)
ānzhuāng (first tone, high and level)an1zhuang1
Traditional: 安裝
to install, to fit (equipment, software)
HSK 5· HSK 1–6 (classic)Level 3· 2021 three-band, nine-level proficiency standardverb
Meanings
to install, to fit (equipment, software)
To put a thing in place so that it works — an air conditioner, a program, a lock. Merely putting an object somewhere is 放; 安装 implies it is now connected and usable.
verb
Example sentences
- 师傅明天来安装空调。師傅明天來安裝空調。Shīfu (first tone, high and level) míngtiān (second tone, rising) lái (second tone, rising) ānzhuāng (first tone, high and level) kōngtiáo. (first tone, high and level)···
The technician is coming to install the air conditioner tomorrow.
- 这个软件很容易安装。這個軟件很容易安裝。Zhège (fourth tone, falling) ruǎnjiàn (third tone, dipping) hěn (third tone, dipping) róngyì (second tone, rising) ānzhuāng. (first tone, high and level)···
This software is easy to install.
Common mistakes
Not quite我把电脑安装在桌子上。
Correct我把电脑放在桌子上。
安装 is about making something work, not about where it sits. Putting a laptop on a desk is 放; 安装 would mean you wired it into the desk.