艺术展 (yì shù zhǎn) — art exhibition; art show | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

art exhibitionart show

Examples

艺术展。
Míng tiān wǒ men yì qǐ qù cān guān nà ge yì shù zhǎn.
Tomorrow we'll go visit that art exhibition together.
艺术展。
Zhè ge yì shù zhǎn zhǎn chū le hěn duō xiàn dài yì shù jiā de zuò pǐn.
This art exhibition displays many works by contemporary artists.
艺术展。
Zuó tiān de yì shù zhǎn xī yǐn le hěn duō nián qīng rén.
Yesterday's art exhibition attracted many young people.

Origin

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.

艺术art

艺yìart术shùtechnique

联合Coordinate

展zhǎndisplay

艺 means art or skill, 术 means technique, and 展 means display, so the word is a display of art.

Characters in this word

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

艹乙艺

Meaning part形符xíngfú

艹Written in full as艸cǎo

Sound part声符shēngfú

乙

乙yǐ艺yì

Same sound today

In 艺, the top 艹 points to plants, and the lower 乙 gives the sound.

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

This origin belongs to the traditional form 術; 术 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú

行行xíngstreet, path

Sound part声符shēngfú

朮

朮zhú術shù

Same sound today

The traditional form 術 has 行 (street, path) beside 朮, which gives the sound; the simplified 术 is a later shorthand.

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.

Appears in

Art & Fine Arts

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