How to say “exposition” in Chinese

博览会

bólǎnhuì

exposition, expo

noun · HSK 6 · topic “Business and management”

“Exposition” in Chinese is 博览会, bó lǎn huì: the meaning, a recording of how it sounds, the characters stroke by stroke and examples.

How to pronounce it

博览会 is read bó lǎn huì: 3 syllables. The tone is part of the word: with another melody you get another word, or just a jumble of sounds.

bó — 2nd tonerising, like a surprised “huh?”

lǎn — 3rd tonelow, dipping and rising a little

huì — 4th tonesharply falling, like “Stop!”

How to write it

博

bó — broad, rich

On the left, 十 “ten”. 博士 — “broadly learned”, that is, a doctorate.

览

lǎn — look, view

At the bottom, 见 “see”.

会

huì — can; meeting

Strokes go in order: top to bottom and left to right, horizontal before vertical. Tap a character to open its page, with the strokes shown large and the words it appears in. To train your hand, print a handwriting sheet for “博览会”.

Examples

Sentences from the course lessons with 博览会. Tap the sound icon to listen.

这届博览会吸引了一千多家厂商参展。zhèjièbólǎnhuìxīyǐnleyìqiānduōjiāchǎngshāngcānzhǎnThis fair drew more than a thousand exhibiting firms.
本届博览会由市政府主办，由我们公司承办。běnjièbólǎnhuìyóushìzhèngfǔzhǔbàn,yóuwǒmengōngsīchéngbànThis year's fair is organized by the city government and run by our company.
博览会筹备得怎么样了？bólǎnhuìchóubèidezěnmeyàngleHow are the preparations for the fair going?

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Frequently asked questions

How do you say “exposition” in Chinese?

“Exposition” in Chinese is 博览会, pinyin bólǎnhuì.

What does 博览会 mean?

博览会 (bólǎnhuì) means “exposition, expo”.

How do you write 博览会?

博览会 is 3 characters: 博 (bó) — broad, rich; 览 (lǎn) — look, view; 会 (huì) — can; meeting. The stroke order of each one is shown step by step on this page.

How do you pronounce 博览会?

博览会 is read bólǎnhuì. Tones: bó — second tone, lǎn — third tone, huì — fourth tone. The page has a native speaker recording.

“exposition” in the lesson “The fair: who runs it”

This word is from the topic “Business and management” of HSK 6. In the lesson you hear it in a dialogue, build a sentence with it and say it out loud. Start for free, no sign-up needed.

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