How to say “exhibition” in Chinese
exhibition
“Exhibition” in Chinese is 展览, zhǎn lǎn: the meaning, a recording of how it sounds, the characters stroke by stroke and examples.
How to pronounce it
展览 is read zhǎn lǎn: 2 syllables. The tone is part of the word: with another melody you get another word, or just a jumble of sounds.
Two third tones in a row: the first one is said as a second tone, but it is still written as a third.
How to write it
At the bottom, 见 “see”.
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 “展览”.
Examples
Sentences from the course lessons with 展览. Tap the sound icon to listen.
- 这个展览值得去看看zhègezhǎnlǎnzhídéqùkànkanThis exhibition is worth seeing.
- 我去看了一个摄影展览wǒqùkànleyígeshèyǐngzhǎnlǎnI went to a photo exhibition.
- 展览时间延长至下个月zhǎnlǎnshíjiānyánchángzhìxiàgeyuèThe exhibition has been extended until next month.
- 两所大学联合举办了一个展览liǎngsuǒdàxuéliánhéjǔbànleyígezhǎnlǎnThe two universities jointly organized an exhibition.
- 这次展览展示了一百多幅国画。zhècìzhǎnlǎnzhǎnshìleyìbǎiduōfúguóhuàThis exhibition showed more than a hundred Chinese paintings.
- 这次展览为期一个月zhècìzhǎnlǎnwéiqīyígeyuèThis exhibition runs for a month.
More words from the lesson “At the museum”
Look up another word in the Chinese–English dictionary: in English, in pinyin or in characters.
Frequently asked questions
How do you say “exhibition” in Chinese?
“Exhibition” in Chinese is 展览, pinyin zhǎnlǎn.
What does 展览 mean?
展览 (zhǎnlǎn) means “exhibition”.
How do you write 展览?
展览 is 2 characters: 展 (zhǎn) — unfold, open up; 览 (lǎn) — look, view. The stroke order of each one is shown step by step on this page.
How do you pronounce 展览?
展览 is read zhǎnlǎn. Tones: zhǎn — third tone, lǎn — third tone. The page has a native speaker recording.
“exhibition” in the lesson “At the museum”
This word is from the topic “Leisure and experiences” of HSK 5. 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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