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展

zhǎn

HSK 4 Character

What 展 means

1. to spread out
2. to open up
3. to exhibit
4. to put into effect
5. to postpone
6. to prolong
7. exhibition

Other readings

展 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• Zhǎnsurname Zhan

Example sentences

• 进展很快。
  Progress was swift.
• 展望未来！
  Look towards the future!
• 已展开调查。
  An investigation was launched.
• 一切进展顺利。
  Everything went smoothly.
• 请勿触碰展品。
  Do not touch the exhibits.
• 工业发展迅速。
  Industry was growing quickly.

Words starting with 展

• 展开zhǎn kāito unfold; to spread out; to open up; to launch; to carry out
• 展览zhǎn lǎnto put on display; to exhibit; exhibition
• 展示zhǎn shìto reveal; to display; to show; to exhibit
• 展现zhǎn xiànto unfold before one's eyes; to emerge; to reveal; to display
• 展望zhǎn wàngoutlook; prospect; to look ahead
• 展出zhǎn chūto put on display; to be on show; to exhibit
• 展会zhǎn huìexhibition event; expo; trade fair
• 展品zhǎn pǐnexhibit; displayed item
• 展台zhǎn táidisplay counter; stand; booth
• 展览会zhǎn lǎn huìexhibition; show
• 展览馆zhǎn lǎn guǎnexhibition hall
• 展位zhǎn wèirelative position of exhibition booth; allocated floor space for display stall…
• 展翅zhǎn chìto spread wings
• 展露zhǎn lùto expose; to reveal
• 展馆zhǎn guǎnexhibition hall; (expo) pavilion
• 展眉zhǎn méito beam with joy; all smiles
• 展销会zhǎn xiāo huìtrade show; sales exhibition
• 展室zhǎn shìexhibition room
• 展销zhǎn xiāoto display and sell (e.g. at a fair); sales exhibition
• 展期zhǎn qīto extend the period; to reschedule (a debt)
• 展平zhǎn píngto flatten out (paper, film, metal plates etc)
• 展列zhǎn lièto lay out one's products; to display
• 展布zhǎn bùto spread; distribution
• 展开图zhǎn kāi túexpanded view

Words containing 展

• 发展fā zhǎndevelopment; growth; to develop
• 开展kāi zhǎnto launch; to develop; to unfold
• 进展jìn zhǎnto make headway; to make progress
• 施展shī zhǎnto use fully; to put to use
• 扩展kuò zhǎnto extend; to expand; extension
• 拓展tuò zhǎnto expand; to extend; to broaden (client base, outlook, territory etc)…
• 发展中国家fā zhǎn zhōng guó jiādeveloping country
• 舒展shū zhǎnto roll out; to extend; to smooth out
• 参展cān zhǎnto exhibit at or take part in a trade show etc
• 画展huà zhǎnart exhibition
• 伸展shēn zhǎnstretching; extension
• 会展huì zhǎnconventions and exhibitions (abbr. for 会议
• 影展yǐng zhǎnfilm festival; photography exhibition
• 发展商fā zhǎn shāng(Hong Kong) (real estate etc) developer
• 个展gè zhǎna one-person exhibition
• 一筹莫展yī chóu mò zhǎnto be unable to find a solution; to be at wits' end
• 花枝招展huā zhī zhāo zhǎnlit. lovely scene of blossoming plants swaying in the breeze (idiom)…
• 邮展yóu zhǎnphilatelic exhibition
• 招展zhāo zhǎnto flutter; to sway
• 铺展pū zhǎnto spread out
• 延展yán zhǎnto extend; to stretch out
• 愁眉不展chóu méi bù zhǎnwith a worried frown
• 发展中fā zhǎn zhōngdeveloping; under development; in the pipeline
• 商展shāng zhǎntrade show; exhibition of goods

Characters that look like 展

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 痕hénscar; traces
• 屎shǐfeces; excrement; a stool; (bound form) secretion (of the ear, eye etc)
• 屑xièbits; fragments; crumbs
• 屌diǎopenis; (slang) cool or extraordinary; (Cantonese) to fuck
• 焉yānwhere; how
• 禺yú(archaic) district; (old) type of monkey

Sounds the same

Read zhǎn, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 崭towering; prominent; very
• 斩to behead (as form of capital punishment); to chop
• 盏a small cup; classifier for lamps
• 辗used in 辗转
• 琖wine cup
• 醆wine cup
• 搌to sop up; to dab
• 椫(wood)
• 飐to sway in the wind