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安装 vs 装配

/ ānzhuāng vs zhuāngpèi /
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Definition

安装 and 装配, both are Verb, which means [install, assemble].

Example

安装 means "to install" and 装配 means "to assemble". In the following three sentences, 安装 is used and cannot be replaced by 装配.
1
jiā
他家
xīn
mǎi
de
kōngtiáo
空调
  
,
jīng
已经
ānzhuāng
安装
hǎo
le
  

His newly-bought air-con-ditioner has been installed.

2
Zhège
这个
shāngxià
商厦
ānzhuāng
安装
le
bàojǐng
报警器
  

The warning system has been installed in the shopping center.

3
Xīn
fáng
房子
gāng
jiànchéng
建成
  
,
hái
méiyǒu
没有
ānzhuāng
安装
ménlíng
门铃
  

The bell has not been installed,for the house has just been completed.

In the two sentences below, only 装配 can be used.
4
Gōngrén
工人
men
jīng
已经
zhèxiē
这些
língjiàn
零部件
zhuāngpèi
装配
dào
机器
shàng
le
  

The workers have fit these spare parts to the machine.

5
zài
zhèjiā
这家
gōngchǎng
工厂
de
zhuāngpèi
装配
chējiān
车间
gōngzuò
工作
  

He works in the assembling workshop of this factory.

But when talking about complicated equipment of a large scale which involves both 安装 and 装配, the twoare interchangeable sometimes.
6
diàn
发电机组
hái
méiyǒu
没有
ānzhuāng
安装
  
(
zhuāngpèi
装配
  
)
hǎo
  

The generating set hasn't been assembled/installed.

7
Zhèxiē
这些
机器
shèbèi
设备
zhèngzài
正在
ānzhuāng
安装
  
(
zhuāngpèi
装配
  
)
zhōng
  

The equipment is being assembled/installed.

Related

装配安装