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参展 (cān zhǎn) — to participate in an exhibition, to exhibit (at a trade show, fair, etc.)

Definition

参展 means 'to participate in / exhibit at' a fair or expo as a vendor. 展示 and 展出 are about displaying items, while 展览 is the event itself.

verb
to participate in an exhibitionto exhibit (at a trade show, fair, etc.)

Examples

  • 参展。
    Hěn duō qǐ yè dōu lái cān zhǎn zhè cì guó jì bó lǎn huì.
    Many companies come to exhibit at this international expo.
  • 参展。
    Tā dài zhe zuì xīn chǎn pǐn cān zhǎn le.
    He exhibited with his latest products.
  • 参展？
    Nǐ cān zhǎn guò jǐ cì?
    How many times have you participated in an exhibition?

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
动宾dòngbīnVerb + object

An action followed by what it acts on, fused into one word.

参cānjoin
展zhǎnexhibition

参 means to join and 展 refers to an exhibition, so it means to join an exhibition.

Characters in this word

Two or more meaningful parts placed together so that their meanings combine into a new one.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 參; 参 is its simplified writing.

For simplified 参, the story belongs to traditional 參, which combines 晶 (stars), 光 (light), and 彡 (rays) to show the Three Stars; one reading takes 光 as a kneeling person looking up.

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Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
尸尸shī
Sound part声符shēngfú
𧝑
𧝑𧝑展zhǎn
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

展 is built from 尸 and 𧝑. The 𧝑 part points to fine red silk clothes and also contains the idea of opening or extending.

Open 展 →
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