博览会 (bólǎnhuì) · exposition

博览会 (bólǎnhuì) means “exposition; fair; expo”. It is written with 3 characters: 博 (to gamble) + 览 (to look over) + 会 (can). It is an old HSK 6 word (HSK 2.0).

How 博览会 is built

The characters

博 bó · to gamble

What 博 is made of

十 — ten
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 丨 — vertical stroke
尃fū — to announce
- 甫fǔ — to begin
  - 十 — ten
  - 用yòng — to use
- 寸cùn — inch

览 lǎn · to look over

What 览 is made of

见jiàn — to see
- 冂 — frame
  - 丨 — vertical stroke
- 儿ér — child
  - 丿 — falling stroke
  - 乚 — hook stroke

会 huì · can

What 会 is made of

人rén — person
云yún — cloud
- 二 — two strokes
  - 一 — horizontal stroke
  - 一 — horizontal stroke
- 厶sī — private

Origin hint: People 人 speaking 云 (from the Make Me a Hanzi dataset; treat as a memory aid where history is uncertain)

Example sentences

我们去参观了汽车博览会。Wǒmen qù cānguān le qìchē bólǎnhuì.We visited the car expo.

这次博览会有很多国家参加。Zhè cì bólǎnhuì yǒu hěnduō guójiā cānjiā.Many countries took part in this fair.

Questions about 博览会

What does 博览会 mean?

博览会 (bólǎnhuì) means “exposition; fair; expo”.

How do you pronounce 博览会?

博览会 is pronounced bólǎnhuì.

Which HSK level is 博览会?

博览会 is in Old HSK 6.

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It is part of Old HSK 6 · Group 15: a short group with quick checks and spaced repeats.

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