How to say “forum” in Chinese

论坛
lùntán

forum

noun · HSK 6 · topic “Network and devices”

“Forum” in Chinese is 论坛, lùn tán: the meaning, a recording of how it sounds, the characters stroke by stroke.

How to pronounce it

论坛 is read lùn tán: 2 syllables. The tone is part of the word: with another melody you get another word, or just a jumble of sounds.

lùn — 4th tonesharply falling, like “Stop!”
tán — 2nd tonerising, like a surprised “huh?”

How to write it

论
lùn — discuss, reason

On the left, 讠 “speech”; on the right, 仑 lún hints at the sound.

坛
tán — platform, altar; arena

On the left, 土 “earth”: an earthen platform. On the right, 云.

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 “论坛”.

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Frequently asked questions

How do you say “forum” in Chinese?

“Forum” in Chinese is 论坛, pinyin lùntán.

What does 论坛 mean?

论坛 (lùntán) means “forum”.

How do you write 论坛?

论坛 is 2 characters: 论 (lùn) — discuss, reason; 坛 (tán) — platform, altar; arena. The stroke order of each one is shown step by step on this page.

How do you pronounce 论坛?

论坛 is read lùntán. Tones: lùn — fourth tone, tán — second tone. The page has an audio recording.

“forum” in the lesson “Artificial intelligence”

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