HSK 5 · Media

展览 zhǎnlǎn “to put on display” in Chinese

Said as zhánlǎn

Traditional 展覽

What 展览 means

  1. to put on display
  2. to exhibit
  3. exhibition
  4. show

Measure word 个 gè or 次 cì · 一个展览 yí ge zhǎnlǎn

How to say 展览

  • Pitch chart of the third tone: dips low then rises, 2 to 1 to 4 on the five-level scale展zhǎn3rd tone, dipping
  • Pitch chart of the third tone: dips low then rises, 2 to 1 to 4 on the five-level scale览lǎn3rd tone, dipping

Said as zhánlǎn. When two third tones meet, the first one rises into a second tone. You still write it with two third tones. How tone changes work

展览 in a sentence

  1. 展览现在已经开放。

    Zhǎnlǎn xiànzài yǐjīng kāifàng.

    The exhibition is now open.

    Sentence #1361952 from Tatoeba

  2. 你去看艺术展览了吗？

    Nǐ qù kàn yìshù zhǎnlǎn le ma?

    Did you go to the art exhibition?

    Sentence #872417 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters

  3. 展览大大地吸引了公众的注意。

    Zhǎnlǎn dàdà de xīyǐn le gōngzhòng de zhùyì.

    The exhibition attracted a great deal of public attention.

    Sentence #799203 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 展览 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 展 (zhǎn) drawn as one shape
展zhǎnto spread out

展 is a single shape of 10 strokes. Learn it whole, then watch its stroke order below.

The character 览 (lǎn) drawn as one shape
览lǎnto look at

览 is a single shape of 9 strokes. Learn it whole, then watch its stroke order below.

How to write 展览

展 10 strokes · 览 9 strokes

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

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

Words related to 展览

Words with 展

发展fāzhǎn · development展开zhǎnkāi · to unfold开展kāizhǎn · to launch施展shīzhǎn · to make full use of展示zhǎnshì · to display展现zhǎnxiàn · to show进展jìnzhǎn · progress展望zhǎnwàng · outlook

Words with 览

游览yóulǎn · to go sightseeing浏览liúlǎn · to skim over博览会bólǎnhuì · exhibition

More words: Media & Arts

文学wénxué · literature戏剧xìjù · drama印刷yìnshuā · to print乐器yuèqì · musical instrument字幕zìmù · caption作品zuòpǐn · work (of art)版本bǎnběn · version扮演bànyǎn · to play the role of

FAQs

展览 (zhǎnlǎn) means “to put on display” or “to exhibit”. It is an HSK 5 word.
Say it zhǎnlǎn: zhǎn with a 3rd tone, then lǎn with a 3rd tone. In speech it sounds like zhánlǎn. When two third tones meet, the first one rises into a second tone. You still write it with two third tones. 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, 展览 is written 展覽. The pronunciation is the same.
Use 个 (gè) or 次 (cì). For example, one to put on display is 一个展览 (yí ge zhǎnlǎn).
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type zhanlan with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 展览 from the suggestions. Typing zhanlan into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
展览 is an HSK 5 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.