Chinese symbol for “commentary”
评论
píng lùn
Traditional: 評論
to comment on; to discuss; comment; commentary
The closest CC-CEDICT match for commentary is 评论 (píng lùn), defined as: to comment on; to discuss; comment; commentary; measure word: 篇 (piān).
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “commentary”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 解说词 (解說詞) | jiě shuō cí | commentary (for a film etc); caption (for a photo etc) |
| 疏 | shū | to dredge; to clear away obstruction |
| 评述 (評述) | píng shù | to comment on; commentary |
| 批语 (批語) | pī yǔ | criticism; commentary |
| 评注 (評註) | píng zhù | to annotate; annotation |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 评论.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 批评 (批評) | pī píng | to criticize; criticism; measure word: 次 (cì), 番 (fān) |
| 评价 (評價) | píng jià | to evaluate; to assess |
| 评估 (評估) | píng gū | to evaluate; to assess |
| 好评 (好評) | hǎo píng | favorable criticism; positive evaluation |
| 评审 (評審) | píng shěn | to appraise; to evaluate |
| 理论 (理論) | lǐ lùn | theory; 个 (gè) |
| 讨论 (討論) | tǎo lùn | to discuss; to talk over |
| 无论 (無論) | wú lùn | no matter what or how; regardless of whether... |
See also: Japanese symbol for “commentary”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.