HSK 6 · Verbs

评论 pínglùn “to comment on” in Chinese

Traditional 評論

What 评论 means

  1. to comment on
  2. commentary
  3. review
  4. to discuss
  5. comment

Measure word 篇 piān · 一篇评论 yì piān pínglùn

How to say 评论

  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale评píng2nd tone, rising
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale论lùn4th tone, falling

评论 in a sentence

  1. 评论要与主题相关。

    Pínglùn yào yǔ zhǔtí xiāngguān.

    Comments must be relevant to the topic.

    Sentence #7771971 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 请在下面留下评论。

    Qǐng zài xiàmiàn liúxia pínglùn.

    Please leave a comment below.

    Sentence #13137740 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters

  3. 我的评论引起了小组内的争论。

    Wǒ de pínglùn yǐnqǐ le xiǎozǔ nèi de zhēnglùn.

    My comment sparked an argument in the group.

    Sentence #772099 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

How 评论 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 评 (píng) with each of its parts in a different colour
评píngto discuss
  • 讠speech form of 言 · yánMeaning part
  • 平flat · píngSound part

讠 hints at the meaning (speech); 平 (píng) hints at the sound. Compare it with píng.

The character 论 (lùn) with each of its parts in a different colour
论lùnopinion
  • 讠speech form of 言 · yán
  • 仑logical reasons · lún

How to write 评论

评 7 strokes · 论 6 strokes

Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.

评论 (pínglùn) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 评论 (pínglùn). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 评论

Words with 评

批评pīpíng · to criticise评价píngjià · to evaluate评估pínggū · to evaluate

Words with 论

讨论tǎolùn · to discuss无论wúlùn · no matter what or how辩论biànlùn · debate议论yìlùn · to comment争论zhēnglùn · to argue论文lùnwén · paper理论lǐlùn · theory结论jiélùn · conclusion论证lùnzhèng · to prove言论yánlùn · speech

More words: Thinking & Talking

冒犯màofàn · to offend勉励miǎnlì · to encourage描绘miáohuì · to depict迷惑míhuò · to confuse批判pīpàn · to criticise请教qǐngjiào · to ask for advice倾听qīngtīng · to listen attentively权衡quánhéng · to weigh up

FAQs

评论 (pínglùn) means “to comment on” or “commentary”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it pínglùn: píng with a 2nd tone, then lùn with a 4th tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
In Traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, 评论 is written 評論. The pronunciation is the same.
Use 篇 (piān). For example, one to comment on is 一篇评论 (yì piān pínglùn).
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type pinglun with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 评论 from the suggestions. Typing pinglun into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
评论 is an HSK 6 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.