HSK 6 · Science

屏幕 píngmù “screen (TV” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 屏幕 means

  1. screen (TV, computer etc.)
  2. screen (TV, computer or movie)

How to say 屏幕

  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale屏píng2nd tone, rising
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale幕mù4th tone, falling

屏幕 in a sentence

  1. 这台电脑的屏幕很清晰。

    Zhè tái diànnǎo de píngmù hěn qīngxī.

    This computer’s screen is very sharp.

    Sentence #8746408 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 只是在屏幕上闪了一下。

    Zhǐshì zài píngmù shàng shǎn le yíxià.

    It just flashed on the screen for a moment.

    Sentence #12086398 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

How 屏幕 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 屏 (píng) with each of its parts in a different colour
屏píngscreen
  • 户door · hùMeaning part
  • 并to combine · bìngSound part

户 hints at the meaning (door); 并 (bìng) hints at the sound. Compare it with píng.

The character 幕 (mù) with each of its parts in a different colour
幕mùcurtain or screen
  • 莫cannot · mòSound part
  • 巾napkin · jīnMeaning part

巾 hints at the meaning (napkin); 莫 (mò) hints at the sound. Compare it with mù.

How to write 屏幕

屏 9 strokes · 幕 13 strokes

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

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

Words related to 屏幕

Words with 屏

屏障píngzhàng · barrier

Words with 幕

字幕zìmù · caption开幕式kāimùshì · opening ceremony内幕nèimù · inside story

More words: Science & Technology

密度mìdù · density能量néngliàng · energy凝固nínggù · to solidify平面píngmiàn · plane频率pínlǜ · frequency溶解róngjiě · to dissolve摄氏度shèshìdù · degrees Celsius设置shèzhì · to set up

FAQs

屏幕 (píngmù) means “screen (TV, computer etc.)” or “screen (TV, computer or movie)”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it píngmù: píng with a 2nd tone, then mù with a 4th tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 屏幕 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type pingmu with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 屏幕 from the suggestions. Typing pingmu into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
屏幕 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.