HSK 6 · Verbs

展示 zhǎnshì “to display” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 展示 means

  1. to display
  2. to show
  3. to reveal
  4. to exhibit

How to say 展示

  • 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 fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale示shì4th tone, falling

展示 in a sentence

  1. 可以在地图上展示给我看吗？

    Kěyǐ zài dìtú shàng zhǎnshì gěi wǒ kàn ma?

    Can you show me on the map?

    Sentence #2393878 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 地理课上，老师向同学们展示了地球仪。

    Dìlǐ kè shàng, lǎoshī xiàng tóngxuémen zhǎnshì le dìqiúyí.

    In geography class, the teacher showed a globe to the students.

    Sentence #10184286 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

  3. 我要把我的玫瑰拿到花展上展示。

    Wǒ yào bǎ wǒ de méigui nádào huāzhǎn shang zhǎnshì.

    I’m going to show my roses at the flower show.

    Sentence #357951 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 展示 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 示 (shì) with each of its parts in a different colour
示shìto show
  • 二two · èr
  • 小small · xiǎo

How to write 展示

展 10 strokes · 示 5 strokes

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

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

Words related to 展示

Words with 展

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

Words with 示

表示biǎoshì · to express出示chūshì · to show显示xiǎnshì · to show暗示ànshì · to hint示意shìyì · to signal提示tíshì · to prompt指示zhǐshì · to instruct示范shìfàn · to demonstrate请示qǐngshì · to ask for instructions示威shìwēi · to hold a demonstration

More words: Common Verbs

赠送zèngsòng · to give as a present增添zēngtiān · to add扎zhā · to prick占据zhànjù · to occupy展现zhǎnxiàn · to show瞻仰zhānyǎng · to look up to with reverence折zhé · to break遮挡zhēdǎng · to block

FAQs

展示 (zhǎnshì) means “to display” or “to show”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it zhǎnshì: zhǎn with a 3rd tone, then shì with a 4th tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 展示 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type zhanshi with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 展示 from the suggestions. Typing zhanshi into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
展示 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.