图片展 (tú piàn zhǎn) — photo exhibition; picture display

Definition

noun

photo exhibitionpicture display

Measure word · 个

图片展。
Zuó tiān wǒ qù cān guān le yí gè tú piàn zhǎn.
Yesterday I went to visit a photo exhibition.
图片展。
Zhè ge tú piàn zhǎn shàng zhǎn chū le hěn duō zhēn guì de zhào piàn.
This picture exhibition displays many precious photos.
，图片展。
Tā duì shè yǐng hěn gǎn xìng qù, suǒ yǐ jīng cháng qù kàn tú piàn zhǎn.
He is very interested in photography, so he often goes to see photo exhibitions.

Compound word

构词法gòucífǎ

偏正piānzhèngModifier + head

The first part narrows down the second: it says what kind of thing the head is.

图片photo

偏正Modifier + head

展zhǎnexhibition

“图” is picture, “片” is sheet, and “展” is exhibition, together a picture display.

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 圖; 图 is its simplified writing.

囗啚圖

The traditional form 圖 pairs 囗, a walled city, with 啚, an early form meaning remote areas or territory. The simplified 图 is a later abbreviation.

No reliable origin is recorded for this character.

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

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.