HSK 6 · Verbs

陈列 chénliè “to display” in Chinese

Traditional 陳列

What 陈列 means

  1. to display
  2. to exhibit

How to say 陈列

  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale陈chén2nd tone, rising
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale列liè4th tone, falling

陈列 in a sentence

  1. 博物馆里陈列着很多古代瓷器。

    Bówùguǎn lǐ chénliè zhe hěn duō gǔdài cíqì.

    The museum displays a lot of ancient porcelain.

    Sentence by WillyChina

  2. 商店的橱窗里陈列着新款衣服。

    Shāngdiàn de chúchuāng lǐ chénliè zhe xīnkuǎn yīfu.

    The shop window displays the latest clothes.

    Sentence by WillyChina

How 陈列 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 陈 (chén) with each of its parts in a different colour
陈chénto lay out; to exhibit; to display
  • 阝place
  • 东east · dōng
The character 列 (liè) with each of its parts in a different colour
列lièto arrange
  • 歹death · dǎi
  • 刂knife form of 刀 · dāoMeaning part

How to write 陈列

陈 7 strokes · 列 6 strokes

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

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

Words related to 陈列

Words with 陈

陈述chénshù · to state陈旧chénjiù · outdated新陈代谢xīnchéndàixiè · metabolism

Words with 列

排列páiliè · to arrange in order列车lièchē · train列举lièjǔ · to list并列bìngliè · to stand side by side行列hángliè · ranks系列xìliè · series

More words: Common Verbs

尝试chángshì · to try缠绕chánrào · to wind around超越chāoyuè · to surpass呈现chéngxiàn · to appear衬托chèntuō · to set off撤退chètuì · to retreat撤销chèxiāo · to cancel吃苦chīkǔ · to endure hardship

FAQs

陈列 (chénliè) means “to display” or “to exhibit”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it chénliè: chén with a 2nd tone, then liè 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, 陈列 is written 陳列. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type chenlie with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 陈列 from the suggestions. Typing chenlie into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
陈列 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 written by WillyChina. Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.