HSK 6 · Media
栏目 lánmù “column” in Chinese
Traditional 欄目
What 栏目 means
- column
- section (in a publication or programme)
- regular column or segment (in a publication or broadcast programme)
- programme (TV or radio)
How to say 栏目
栏lán2nd tone, rising
目mù4th tone, falling
栏目 in a sentence
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.

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.

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
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Words related to 栏目
Words with 目
节目jiémù · programme目的mùdì · purpose目前mùqián · at the present time目录mùlù · catalogue题目tímù · subject项目xiàngmù · item目标mùbiāo · target目光mùguāng · gaze目睹mùdǔ · to witness盲目mángmù · blind
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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.
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.