HSK 6 · Media

栏目 lánmù “column” in Chinese

Traditional 欄目

What 栏目 means

  1. column
  2. section (in a publication or programme)
  3. regular column or segment (in a publication or broadcast programme)
  4. programme (TV or radio)

How to say 栏目

  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale栏lán2nd tone, rising
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale目mù4th tone, falling

栏目 in a sentence

  1. 这个电视栏目很受欢迎。

    Zhè ge diànshì lánmù hěn shòu huānyíng.

    This TV programme is very popular.

    Sentence by WillyChina

  2. 我最喜欢杂志的旅游栏目。

    Wǒ zuì xǐhuan zázhì de lǚyóu lánmù.

    My favourite section of the magazine is the travel section.

    Sentence by WillyChina

How 栏目 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 栏 (lán) with each of its parts in a different colour
栏lánfence
  • 木tree · mùMeaning part
  • 兰orchid · lánSound part

木 hints at the meaning (tree); 兰 (lán) hints at the sound. Compare it with lán.

The character 目 (mù) with each of its parts in a different colour
目mùeye
  • 口mouth · kǒu
  • 二two · èr

Memory aidDrawn from an eye, turned upright: eye.

How to write 栏目

栏 9 strokes · 目 5 strokes

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

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

Words related to 栏目

Words with 目

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FAQs

栏目 (lánmù) means “column” or “section (in a publication or programme)”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it lánmù: lán 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.
In Traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, 栏目 is written 欄目. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type lanmu with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 栏目 from the suggestions. Typing lanmu into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
栏目 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.