HSK 6 · Media

论坛 lùntán “forum” in Chinese

Traditional 論壇

What 论坛 means

  1. forum
  2. forum (for discussion)

How to say 论坛

  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale论lùn4th tone, falling
  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale坛tán2nd tone, rising

论坛 in a sentence

  1. 我在这些论坛上没有帐号。

    Wǒ zài zhèxiē lùntán shàng méiyǒu zhànghào.

    I don’t have an account on these forums.

    Sentence #501352 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 论坛 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 论 (lùn) with each of its parts in a different colour
论lùnopinion
  • 讠speech form of 言 · yán
  • 仑logical reasons · lún
The character 坛 (tán) with each of its parts in a different colour
坛tánaltar
  • 土earth · tǔMeaning part
  • 云cloud · yúnSound part

土 hints at the meaning (earth); 云 (yún) hints at the sound. Compare it with tán.

How to write 论坛

论 6 strokes · 坛 7 strokes

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

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

Words related to 论坛

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评论pínglùn · to comment on

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FAQs

论坛 (lùntán) means “forum” or “forum (for discussion)”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it lùntán: lùn with a 4th tone, then tán with a 2nd 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, 论坛 is written 論壇. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type luntan with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 论坛 from the suggestions. Typing luntan into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
论坛 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.